West Ridge Students

Does a good God care about the evil in the world?  Why doesn't God stop the injustice in the world?  If God's love is unconditional, why can't I just continue to do what I want?  In this week's message, Todd answers some of those questions and helps us understand the heart of Jesus.

In the 50th episode of our Student Discussion for Reckless, Caleb talks with Devyn and Gabrielle about God's unconditional love for us and the conditions we put on the love we show others.  They also discuss the benefits of Daylight Savings and they determine...they don't know.

This week in our LOVE IS series, we look at what it means to "keep no record of being wronged."  In a cancel culture, relationships can be quick to end because of someone saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing.  Is that how Jesus expresses his love towards us?  

In this Student Discussion episode, Caleb talks about the beginning of our new LOVE IS series with Corey, Makayla, and Bailee.   What is love?  Do students today understand what true love is?  How difficult is it to love selflessly just like Jesus loves us?  They also discuss the differences between how guys and ladies express and verbalize love.

This week at Reckless, we begin a brand new series called LOVE IS.  Love is something we all want and believe is important.  But what exactly is it?  Who gets to define it? And how can we best understand what love looks like?  

Our team of 67 high school students and leaders just returned from a week-long missions trip to Nicaragua.  We recap the trip, talk about what God did, and how our students were impacted.

In week 3 of our Holy Habits series, we are talking through what it looks like to share the good news of Jesus with others. Ultimately, rescued people, rescue people. 

In week 2 of our series in Holy Habits, we're talking through what prayer is, what holds us back from prayer, and how to pray. 

In this week's Student Discussion episode, Caleb discusses James 5 with his guests, Gabrielle and Addy.  They look at the power that money can have over students and how money can either be a blessing or a curse. 

In our new series, Holy Habits, we're walking through what it looks like to grow in our faith and be conformed to the image of Jesus (Romans 8:29). This week we talked through how we can read God's word to know him in a deeper way. 

In our last week of studying the book of James, we look at Chapter 5 and some important words that James gives about money.  What can we do with our money?  How can we use the money we have in a way that honors God?

In this Student Discussion episode, Caleb talks with Devyn and Bailee about pride, how it can negatively impact us, and what we can do to guard against living with pride. Caleb also continues to try to throw shade on Todd's hair and convince his guests to vote YES to a Todd Mullet.(NOTE: Unfortunately, we were not able to capture the audio from the Reckless message that goes with this podcast.)

In this week's episode, Caleb talks with Madeline, Hannah, and Ashley about the importance of our words from James 3.  Why do words have the power to shape us in positive and negative ways?  How do these students see the impact of words in their own life?  They also discuss if they had to pick one song to listen to for the rest of their lives, what it would be.  One of them picks a worship song, the others not so much.

In week 1 of our series "Who am I?", our panel discusses how we can find our identity in God's love rather than the empty love that the world offers. 

In week 2 of our series "Who am I?", our panel talks through what type of community we need around us to find our identity in Jesus rather than the things of this world. 

This week in our study on the book of James, Tyler talks about the power that our words have in our own lives and in the lives of others.  Do your words bring life and encouragement or hurt and brokenness?

In this week's Student Discussion, Caleb interviews Cooper and Avery about the message from James 2.  They talk through how they see faith and works going together in their walk with Jesus.  They also discuss the danger of following the rules of being a Christian without the relationship aspect.  As Caleb is known to do, they open with an icebreaker question about the one place they would want to visit in the world for free.  Somehow, Romania was made the cut.  

In week 2 of our series through the Book of James, we look at Chapter 2 and the importance of faith and good works as we follow Jesus.  

In this week's episode, Caleb talks with Reese and Madeline about how they deal with pressure as a teenager today.  They discuss the important role that faith in God can play as they navigate through the pressures of life.  They also talk about how they make decisions and put themselves in the story of Abraham and Isaac and how awkward it must have been coming down the mountain together.

We begin 2023 with a 6-week series on the book of James.  We talk about the pressures of life and how we can learn to endure.  And it starts with wisdom.