"One organization can transform the world one life at a time." For our LAST talk in our LoveSongs series (cue sad face emoji), Doug explains how the closest parallel to marriage isn't actually dating... but a business partnership. Grab a Bible, prepare to laugh, and don't forget to join us next week as we kick off our new series, #HeyJude! For more information about our current series, as well as how to get involved with First Orlando Young Adults, contact us via social media or find us online: ...
Feb 28, 2018•50 min
"For it is better to marry than to burn with passion..." In the third installation of our LoveSongs series, Doug addresses two behemoth topics: singleness and sexuality. The question - can you be single and still have a healthy sex life? The Apostle Paul gives us some answers in 1 Corinthians. Grab a pair of earbuds, and join us as we discuss. For more information about our current series, as well as how to get involved with First Orlando Young Adults, contact us via social media or find us onli...
Feb 21, 2018•41 min
"You fall in love, but you grow in trust." Tonight at the LoveSongs Banquet, the Young Adult team interviews two of First Orlando's finest couples, the Curls and the Whaleys, both of whom have been married for 40+ years. Talk about serious wisdom! Be sure to have a pen and a notepad ready for optimal note-taking, and hunker down because it's about to start raining truth bombs. For more information about our current series, as well as how to get involved with First Orlando Young Adults, contact u...
Feb 15, 2018•52 min
"The fact is, you're going to break up with 99% of the people you date." The question we've all had on our minds... "How do I ask them out?" This week Doug not only provides practical answers to that age-old question, but gives us some new questions to ponder on as we enter the dating game. For more information about our current series, as well as how to get involved with First Orlando Young Adults, contact us via social media or find us online: @whatsyourlovesong @firstorlandocollege firstorlan...
Feb 07, 2018•48 min
"The earlier in your spiritual journey, the more you'll need a spiritual guide." To wrap up our January series, Doug talks Ethiopian eunuch, Dawson Trotman, and six practical steps to following up with your friends after they come to church. For more information, contact us via social media or find us online: @firstorlandocollege firstorlando.com/college
Jan 30, 2018•47 min
"Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in..." Continuing our January series, Doug explains why Jesus likens the kingdom of Heaven to a feast, talking about the fundamental reason our friends deserve to be invited to church. For more information, contact us via social media or find us online: @firstorlandocollege firstorlando.com/college
Jan 30, 2018•47 min
"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them..." To kick off our Spring semester, Doug shares out of Matthew 9:35-38, talking about practical ways we can approach the "invite and invest" process. For more information, contact us via social media or find us online: @firstorlandocollege firstorlando.com/college
Jan 15, 2018•46 min
"Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." In the final week of our Vitals series, Pastor Doug teaches out of John 8 on the difference between retribution, mercy, and grace. For more information, contact us via social media or find us online: @firstorlandocollege firstorlando.com/college
Oct 27, 2017•41 min
Guest speaker, Isaac Trevino, uses his recent experience white water rafting to teach about God's love for us in this special installment of our Vitals series. For more information about First Orlando College, find us online or on social media: @firstorlandocollege firstorlando.com/college
Oct 25, 2017•24 min
What can we learn about compassion from the story of the prodigal son? How do we lead compassionate lives, especially when the people around us seem unlovable? Doug Hankins shares out of Luke. For more information about how to connect with First Orlando College, follow us on social media and check us out online: firstorlando.com/college @firstorlandocollege
Oct 16, 2017•50 min
"Our God is in the heavens, He does all that he pleases," the psalmist writes. What does it mean that God does all that he pleases? What does this mean for us, as believers living in a broken world? In week three of the Vitals series, First Orlando's Young Adult Pastor, Doug Hankins, answers these questions about God's sovereignty. For more information about how to connect with First Orlando College, follow us on social media and check us out online: firstorlando.com/college @firstorlandocollege...
Oct 06, 2017•48 min
What is holiness? What does it mean that God is holy? What does God mean when He calls us to be holy? Our Valencia Ministry director, Alec Brockell, shares out of Isaiah 6. For more information about how to connect with First Orlando College, follow us on social media and check us out online: firstorlando.com/college @firstorlandocollege
Oct 05, 2017•35 min
Pastor Doug kicks off our series on the characteristics of God. In Genesis 1 and 2, The Bible presents God as both great and good.
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr
Kicking off the semester, Pastor Doug helps us lock in on our mission to reach the 200k college students living in the greater Orlando metro area, who are part of UCF, Valencia, and Disney.
Sep 09, 2017•46 min
Pastor Doug asks, "Does it seem fair that you have to give money in order to be a member of a church community?" Malachi answers, "Giving is a critical component of being part of a community. We must learn to value those whom we value." Give then live.
Jul 14, 2017•47 min
Pastor Doug takes us into Malachi 2:17-3:5 to help us see what Malachi recommends as a response to the problem of evil and injustice.
Jul 07, 2017•43 min
Our Valencia Campus Director, Alec Brockell, helps us to see how opting out of ministry leads to the people opting out of God. Selfish ministry, it would seem, produces suffering people.
Jun 17, 2017•36 min
Pastor Doug begins our study of the book of Malachi. In the first five verses, he helps us to understand a complicated Hebrew Idiom, God's sovereignty over fairness, and the reality that fairness is a uniquely Christian concept.
Jun 17, 2017•48 min
Our Valencia Campus Director, Alec Brockell, helps us understand Jesus's message in Luke 12 about the best thing we can invest in.
May 12, 2017•25 min
Our College Pastor, Doug Hankins, uses Star Wars as a way to unpack cultural apologetics. In the end we see that Star Wars actually preaches the Gospel.
May 12, 2017•34 min
Doug starts a conversation in our fellowship about the importance of leadership and what we look for in leaders in our ministry.
Apr 21, 2017•48 min
In this message, Doug Helps us understand that God does not look at us as our guilt and shame. Instead, when God looks at Christians, He sees Jesus' blood and righteousness.
Apr 13, 2017•32 min
In this message, Doug talks about Joy and why it is a better alternative to our flaky pursuit of the emotion of happiness.
Apr 06, 2017•47 min
Is being afraid something that is permitted by Scripture? Pastor Doug weighs in and offers a gospel-centered approach to fear and fearfulness in The Bible.
Mar 24, 2017•35 min
Are there only a few emotions that The Bible recommends? Or does the Bible give Christians permission to experience a wide-range of emotions? Is it even okay to be angry? Pastor Doug weighs in and offers a gospel-centered approach to emotions that radically shakes up the popular views from cultural Christianity.
Mar 24, 2017•48 min
In week 4, Doug talks about Paul's vision for marriage in Ephesians 4.
Mar 09, 2017•48 min
Love Me Tindr: Part 3 - Engagement by The Table Orlando
Feb 26, 2017•58 min
The most normative vision for discipleship, according to Scripture, is the single life. Jesus was single. Paul was single. They wrote the majority of the New Testament. Pastor Doug offers a challenge to embrace singleness as the content way of discipleship.
Feb 26, 2017•38 min
