Episodes

From The Porch — Watermark Community Church

Young adult ministry teaching.

Episodes

Don't Let Your Heart Lead | Kylen Perry 2026-11-03
We've heard it over and over again: "Follow your heart." It sounds nice, but in reality, our heart is an untrustworthy guide. Scripture often…
The Power of Love | Ben Stuart 2026-10-27
What is your life marked by? In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul makes the case that all things we want to hang our hats on mean nothing when they're done…
Signs of Counterfeit Christianity | Kylen Perry 2026-10-20
Do you want the appearance of godliness more than God Himself? This week, Kylen Perry takes us to 2 Timothy 3:1-5 to show us the signs of a fake…
The Emptiness of Pleasure | Kylen Perry 2026-10-13
What happens when your feel-good quick schemes fall short? This week, Kylen Perry takes us to Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, where the wealthy and…
Who God Really Is | Kylen Perry 2026-10-06
Seeing God clearly changes how we see ourselves. This week, Kylen Perry walks us through Isaiah 6 to see how God’s holiness reveals our need for…
Escape The Money Trap | Tyler Moffett 2026-09-29
The love of money is the root of all evil, yet we're called to faithfully steward our God-given resources—so how do we navigate the tension? This…
Falling Out of Self-Love | Tyler Moffett 2026-09-22
We've rebranded self-obsession as self-care, and it's not working. This week, Tyler Moffett continues our "Lovers" series in 2 Timothy 3, warning us…
When You've Really Messed Up | Kylen Perry 2026-09-15
Golden calves might be hard to find nowadays, but the sentiment remains; We were made to worship, and we often worship people and things other than…
Our Response to God | Sam Gibson 2026-09-08
When we hear the gospel, it demands a response. This week, guest speaker Sam Gibson, the director of Pray.NYC and executive pastor of the Church of…
We Must Fear The Lord | Awaken Session 5 2026-09-07
We often try to make God into a grandfatherly figure who is more of a "pal" than a Savior. We're told that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of…
The Curse of Cultural Christianity | Sunday Service Pt. 2 2026-09-06
Has your faith gone lukewarm? In this message from Mark 11, the founder of Radical and pastor of McLean Bible Church, David Platt, reminds us of the…
Gaining the Status of Servant | Awaken Session 4 2026-09-06
We end up wasting a lot of time striving for personal status when the most honored title God ever gave someone was "servant." Author and speaker…
An Invitation to Intimacy with Christ | Awaken Sunday Service Pt. 1 2026-09-06
We talk a lot in the church about how God has invited us into life with Him—but what does that mean? In this message from Isaiah 55, the founder of…
Living a Life on The Altar | Awaken Session 1 2026-09-05
You can love Jesus sincerely and still refuse to surrender completely. In the first session of Awaken, our executive director, Kylen Perry, walks us…
A Return to Repentance | Awaken Session 2 2026-09-05
What happens when you find yourself farther down a path than you ever meant to be, when all you really want is to find your way home? Speaker,…
The Partnership of Men & Women | Kylen Perry 2026-09-01
How do men and women relate to one another? How do we partner well? How do we empathize in a world that wants to divide us? This week, we answer…
How to be God's Woman | Kylen Perry 2026-08-25
Do you feel like womanhood is something that has to be achieved rather than a God-given gift? While there are endless definitions and expectations…
How to be God's Man | Kylen Perry 2026-08-18
A quick Google search will tell you everything the algorithm thinks you need to know about being a real man, but what does the Bible say about being…
Wow, Wow, Wow | Levi Lusko 2026-08-11
What do you do when you feel stuck in a season of spiraling? This week, founder and lead pastor of Fresh Life Church, Levi Lusko, walks us through…
Girl, Get Free Now | Jennie Allen 2026-08-04
For women, this is a reminder that, in Christ, we have freedom from the lies of a real enemy. For men, this is a glimpse inside the female mind and…
The Battles Men Face | Kylen Perry 2026-07-28
What separates boys from men? This week, Kylen Perry identifies different men in Scripture to highlight some of the most common battles men face and…
What Women Are Designed For | Kylen Perry 2026-07-21
What does being a woman in the modern day look like? This week, Kylen Perry walks us through Genesis 2-3 to show the purpose of our womanhood laid…
What is a Man Good For? | Kylen Perry 2026-07-14
You've probably heard the language around modern manhood: the manosphere, the patriarchy, the rise of toxic masculinity, and so on. In a world where…
How to Survive Bad Days | Tyler Moffett 2026-07-07
We're all blindsided at some point; it's not if, it's when. So when our hopes are dashed, and our spirits sink, what do we do? This week, Director…
The Secret to Waiting | Kylen Perry 2026-06-23
The question we face in this life isn't if we will find ourselves in periods of waiting; It's how we will respond when they come. This week, Kylen…
Stepping Into Your Purpose | David Marvin 2026-06-16
Are you looking for temporary things to provide eternal satisfaction? This week, previous director of The Porch and current teaching pastor at…
What I Wish I Knew | Jonathan Pokluda 2026-06-02
Are you worried about wasting your 20s & 30s? It's easy to assume you have all the time in the world, but Scripture is clear we don't know how…
How to Help Your Unbelief | Joby Martin 2026-05-26
How is your faith doing? Do you ever feel like echoing the cry of the father in Mark 9 and saying to Jesus, "I believe, but help my unbelief!" This…
Why Your Faith Feels Boring | Kylen Perry 2026-05-19
Is it possible to follow Jesus and not actually believe in Him? This week, Kylen Perry challenges us to consider whether our belief in Jesus is real…
The Cost to Be Healed | Tyler Moffett 2026-05-12
Have we made suffering so much of our identity that we have neglected our belief? The belief that God can and does do the impossible. Using Mark 9,…
The Danger of Familiarity | Kylen Perry 2026-05-05
It's easy to grow up around Christianity and begin to believe a lot about Jesus without truly believing in Him. This week, Kylen Perry points to…
A Revival in Our Generation | Kylen Perry and Sarah Jackson 2026-04-28
The Lord is moving in mighty ways in our generation — and He's doing it worldwide. This week, Kylen Perry and Sarah Jackson, the CEO of the Church…
The Prison of Unforgiveness | Tyler Moffett 2026-04-21
Do you feel stuck in your own unforgiveness? While we exist in the reality of a broken world and real hurts have been done to us, Tyler Moffett…
Does God Actually Want Me? | Kylen Perry 2026-04-14
Are you stuck in a constant loop of never feeling like you're enough? That's the story of Jacob, who spent his life lying, stealing, and cheating to…
The Lie of More | Drew Worsham 2026-04-07
We're constantly overwhelmed with messaging that tells us what we lack and what we need more of—and yet, no matter how much we achieve, we're always…
The Love of Your Life | Kylen Perry 2026-03-31
Do you ever feel like you're being tested? In Genesis 22, we see God test Abraham by asking him for the ultimate sacrifice. As Kylen Perry walks us…
Can God Be Trusted? | Kylen Perry 2026-03-24
How much do you actually trust God? This week, Kylen Perry walks us through the story of Abraham in Genesis 15 to show how the Lord has demonstrated…
The Search for Success | Brad Jones 2026-03-17
Do you often find yourself in a state of constantly striving for success yet chasing a moving target? This week, guest speaker and Passion Atlanta…
Ambition Was Never the Problem | Tyler Moffett 2026-03-10
It's easy to read a passage like the Tower of Babel and assume that God is against our ambition. However, as Tyler Moffett walks us through Genesis…
Am I Being Punished? | Kylen Perry 2026-03-03
Does it ever feel like God is punishing you? This week, Kylen Perry walks us through the familiar story of Noah's Ark and the flood in Genesis 6-7…
When God Feels Unfair | Kylen Perry 2026-02-24
It's easy to play the comparison game and wonder why God gives to others what you wanted for yourself, but have you ever considered what fairness…
How to Be a Good Listener | Trip Lee 2026-02-17
If you listen to God and it doesn't compel you to act on His Word, you didn't really hear what He was saying. So how do we become good listeners?…
Where Do We Go Wrong? | Kylen Perry 2026-02-10
How do things go so wrong so quickly? We saw the fall of humanity in Genesis 3 with Adam and Eve, and we see our own failures play out daily. This…
What You Were Made to Do | Kylen Perry 2026-02-03
What do you want more of this year? Whether we acknowledge it or not, our issue doesn't usually start with a lack of wanting; it's what we use to…
How God Creates & Cares | Kylen Perry 2026-01-20
From the first verse of the Bible, we see that God is the Creator, but He is not a distant, bored deity. As we look at the weaving structure and…
Gratitude for the Angry | Kylen Perry 2025-11-25
Anger as an emotion is not the issue; how we process that emotion is where the issue lies. So how do we do that? This week, Kylen Perry finishes out…
Self-Forgetfulness for the Insecure | Kylen Perry 2025-11-18
Are you so plagued by insecurity that it feels hard to see straight sometimes? While the problem of self-hate has grown rampant, Kylen Perry leads…
Get Your Hopes Up | Grant Partrick 2025-11-11
Many of us guard our hearts from potential disappointment by lowering our expectations and living with little to no hope. But what if we got our…
Self-Control for the Addicted | Kylen Perry 2025-11-04
Behavioral addiction doesn't just suddenly show up in our lives; it gradually creeps in without even registering on our radar. This week, Kylen…
Peace for the Anxious | Tyler Moffett 2025-10-27
Emotions like fear and anxiety aren't inherently bad — they're warning lights that point to something else. But when those little alarms start going…
Hope for The Depressed | Kylen Perry 2025-10-21
We often find ourselves grappling with emotions and situations that leave us feeling out of depth. Some of us lead with our heads, while others are…
Standing Firm in a Secular World | Tyler Moffett 2025-10-14
Many have sought the world's promises and turned up empty-handed, and while outright opposition to Christianity has slowly transitioned into…
The Dangers of False Teaching | Kylen Perry 2025-10-07
In a world where it's easy to find someone with a comfortable opinion rather than facing hard truths, it's more important than ever to identify and…
How to Live With Honor | Kylen Perry 2025-09-30
You can’t control when a crisis comes, but you can control your composure when it does. This week, Kylen Perry walks us through 2 Timothy 2:14-26 to…
The End is Near | Timothy "TA" Ateek 2025-09-23
A lot of predictions about the end times have been swirling around, and while no man knows the time or day of Jesus' return, Scripture instructs us…
The Way to Strength | Tyler Moffett 2025-09-16
When Christians begin to look and respond like everyone else, it's worth asking, "Where have the strong people gone?" This week, Tyler Moffett leads…
The Calling On Your Life | Kylen Perry 2025-09-09
Who God Says He Is | Matt Chandler 2025-09-02
We have to stop trying to create God in our own image — and we have to believe Him when He tells us who He is. This week, guest speaker and Lead…
What If I'm Just Not Attracted to Them? | Kylen Perry 2025-08-26
How much does chemistry matter? Whether sparks are flying or feelings are falling flat in your relationship, the Bible actually has a lot to say…
How Do I Break Up With Someone? | Kylen Perry 2025-08-19
What do you do when it's time to call it quits? This week, Kylen Perry gives us a biblical framework for breaking up with grace. While the Bible…
How Far is Too Far? | Kylen Perry 2025-08-12
It's time to rethink how we view boundaries; it's not about how far we can go, it's about viewing God as too good to get near the line. This week,…
"How Do I Know if They're The One?" | Ben Stuart 2025-08-05
Dating is a process you move through, not a status you sit in — so how do you move toward the next step with wisdom? This week, Ben Stuart, pastor…
Why Does This Keep Happening to Me? 2025-07-29
Do you find yourself burned by toxic relationships, unending lust, accidental situationships, and disapproval from those who are supposed to be in…
Is Dating Supposed to be This Hard? Pt. 2 | Kylen Perry 2025-07-22
So many of us have found dating to be less blissful than we hoped and more painful than we expected. And there’s a good reason for that: dynamics…
Is Dating Supposed to be This Hard? Pt.1 | Kylen Perry 2025-07-15
While we all want to skip the stress and hack our way to happily ever after, you've probably been left wondering, "Is dating supposed to be this…
Why Am I Still Single? | Kylen Perry 2025-07-08
Are you sick of people telling you singleness is a gift? While the Bible supports the idea that singleness is not a season of life to endure, but a…
Will I Ever Find Love? | Kylen Perry 2025-07-01
We all want to find love, but a lot of us don't know where to look. This week, as we kick off our "We Need to Talk" series, Kylen Perry leads us…
Who Jesus is to You | Dave Bruskas 2025-06-24
Jesus is the One who gives the world around us meaning and significance — so what we believe to be true about Him matters. This week, guest speaker…
The Point of My Christianity | Kylen Perry 2025-06-17
We can't settle for a cheap version of Christianity that in no way compares with the price Christ was willing to pay for us. This week, Kylen Perry…
Purpose When it Feels Pointless | Tyler Moffett 2025-06-10
Almost all frustration stems from unfulfilled expectations, but how do we react when faced with disappointment? This week, Tyler Moffett reminds us…
Set Apart for Something More | Kylen Perry 2025-06-03
Do you need to escape the comfort culture? In the Christian life, there are times when we voluntarily take on considerable costs for a considerable…
Real Repentance | Kylen Perry 2025-05-27
Is your repentance genuine? This week, Kylen Perry walks through 2 Corinthians 7 and challenges us to think through the difference between godly…
A Conversation on Sexuality | Brenna Blain 2025-05-20
A conversation usually marked by division and shame is brought to the stage as we welcomed author and modern theologian, Brenna Blain, along with…
The Level of Your Longing | Kylen Perry 2025-05-13
What do you want more than the Lord? This week, Kylen Perry leads us through Isaiah 55 to remind us that pursuing anything less than the Lord will…
The First Step to Revival | Kylen Perry 2025-05-06
As a quiet revival ripples across this generation, we have to ask — are we seeing the same change happen in our own spiritual lives? This week,…
Do You Feel Loved? | Kylen Perry 2025-04-29
Is it hard for you to believe God loves you? Are you living like He loves you? This week, Kylen Perry walks through Ephesians 3 to show us Paul's…
Hidden Sin & Stolen Joy | Kylen Perry 2025-04-22
You can't be the happiest version of yourself without God — so what is separating us from the happiness He provides? This week, Kylen Perry point to…
Joy When You're Hurting | Tyler Moffett 2025-04-15
You are not disqualified from joy because of your suffering. This week, Tyler Moffett, our new Director of Discipleship, reminds us through James 1…
The Solution You Need | Trip Lee 2025-04-08
Where do you turn to in a time of need? This week, guest speaker Trip Lee walks us through John 6:1-15 to remind us the size of our problems doesn’t…
Rediscovering Your Joy | Kylen Perry 2025-04-01
In our world, joy seems to be a lost art — so where do we find it? This week, Kylen Perry leads us through the book of Philippians, where God gives…