All Saints Church Podcast

God has set you somewhere. And sometimes in the places God sets us–families, workplaces, nations–we face trouble. What do you do when you're facing trouble in Babylon? Pray, don't just act. Act, don't just pray. Because Babylon may not be home, but it is your assignment. 

If we’re going to be faithful to Jesus in Babylon, with imperfect human governments and sometimes truly wicked political leaders, we need to get really good at recognizing and refusing the ways the dominant culture tries to woo our hearts and win our loyalty. What's at stake is the core of our identity as those who belong to God. Daniel's answer? Don't eat the king's food. 

What do we do when our world is falling apart? How can we carry hope and live wisely in the midst of political turmoil, spiritual warfare, and personal tragedy? What does faithfulness to King Jesus look like in cultures that often openly reject him? Join us for a new ten-week series through the book of Daniel, an ancient prophet who experienced his homeland’s brutal downfall at the hands of an ene...

We close our Spiritual Gifts series with a message from elder Luis Mellado of Park Hill Church. He explores the spiritual gifts of leadership and administration, explaining how visionaries and organizers work together, and how leadership is ultimately the use of influence that anyone can develop. Using examples from Scripture and personal stories, Luis highlights Jesus’ model of servant leadership...

Pastor Meghan leads our first ever All Family Gathering at All Saints Church, exploring the spiritual gift of helping. Through the story of Moses, Aaron, and Hur, this message demonstrates how helpers notice needs, offer strength, and enable God’s work to be done. Listen now to learn more!

The gift of giving is simple: God puts something in our hands, and then empowers us to give it away. How does giving generously shape our character and desires to be less like the world and more like Jesus? And what can giving generously look like in our communities today? Listen now to find out!

The gift of distinguishing between spirits is the God-given ability to discern the presence of spiritual activity and/or the source of a spiritual experience. God gives this gift to protect His church from deception, demons, and destruction, and to help us pursue the good. But how do we do it? Mature discernment is cultivated as we test the spirits, train our senses, and ultimately, trust Jesus. L...

Pastor Sonny Smith from Detroit Church continues our Spiritual Gifts series with a message on the gifts of tongues and interpretation. He emphasizes that the gifts point beyond themselves to the lordship of Jesus, help spread of the gospel to all nations, and strengthen believers. This powerful message challenges the church to be open to all that Holy Spirit has and, more importantly, all of who t...

Jesus heals today, continuing his mission of restoring all creation to shalom. He accomplishes this work through both ordinary and miraculous means, and he uses the prayers of the saints to do it. But what do these spiritual gifts look like among us? And how should we practically pursue them amidst real sorrow and suffering from sickness and death? May the Holy Spirit grant us power and faith to p...

This Sunday we explore the spiritual gifts of faith and miracles, using the wedding at Cana as a model for how God meets real needs when we pray, obey, and invite Jesus into our life. The Holy Spirit continues to give ordinary saints extraordinary gifts today, and our Father delights to make a way for his children when all else seems lost. Listen now for more!

From ancient times to today, God has always used faithful teaching to form His people. Jesus, the greatest Teacher who ever lived, taught truth with authority and integrity so that God's people might become more like him. Join us as we explore the gift of teaching and God's design to mature His church in Christlikeness in love. 

According to Jesus, God delights in showing mercy. Those who have this gift help others believe the cross counts for them, even on their worst day. But what is mercy? And how does this gift intersect with justice, forgiveness and accountability? Through the lens of the Good Samaritan, Jake Bishop explores these questions and more, equipping the Church to live mercifully in our everyday lives.

God desires and takes delight when his Church is marked by an active and healthy prophetic culture. But how do we get there? In our second sermon exploring the spiritual gift of prophecy, we look at seven marks of a healthy prophetic culture, followed by a quick "how to" guide before we create space to practice this gift, together.

The spiritual gift of prophecy has incredible power to demonstrate God's presence to his people. That’s what all spiritual gifts are designed to do, yet prophecy, when operating in humble, others-oriented love, accomplishes this better than any of them. But what is it? And what does this particular gift reveal about what Jesus is like? Listen now to learn more!

God's plan for the church is to cultivate Christlike lovers with cross-shaped lives. Therefore, the gifts of God without the love of God miss the whole point. Listen now for more.

Being part of Christ's body means we all belong, no matter how big or how small our gifts may seem. In fact, each of us is indispensable, so we must learn to discern and joyfully use our spiritual gifts to help the body grow and mature. You are a part of the body, but are ready to play your part?

Jesus envisions a powerful church where everybody receives gifts from the Holy Spirit to help them commune with God and connect God to others. But what are spiritual gifts? Are they really for everyone? And what about the ones that feel strange to us? We will explore these questions and more in our new series, "Spiritual Gifts," but first we must build a foundation. We begin in 1 Corinthians 12, w...

Paul closes his letter to Titus with a call to avoid divisive people and remind the church to devote themselves to doing good. Practical applications include supporting mission partners, contributing to the benevolence fund, and living as a generous, unified community that reflects God’s love to the world.   PS - Here is the link to the message "How to Use Your Money" referenced in the sermon: htt...

This Pentecost, one of our Community Leaders, Tam Tran, unpacks Titus 3:3–8. When God appears in Jesus, false hopes are confronted, ancient prayers are answered, and spiritual orphans becomes sons and daughters. As those who are now justified by grace and made heirs of eternal life, we respond to the goodness of God's appearance through baptism, confession, and a life of good works. PS - This a re...

Christ has appeared, and he changed everything. Christ will come again, and end evil once and for all. But how should we as Christians live in unjust social systems and imperfect governments while we await Christ’s return? According to Titus, we must be honest about suffering, pursue holiness through the Spirit, and work for the common good with hope rooted in the resurrection. PS - For a deeper d...

Tinika Wyatt unpacks Titus 2:3–5, calling older believers to live reverently, avoid slander and drunkenness, and model and teach what is good so younger women can love their families and follow Christ. Staying close to him, through confession and prayer for one another, is how we live in spiritual overflow and pass faith and wisdom to future generations.

To become healthy disciples, we need those who have gone before us to show us the way. For the men at All Saints Church, this means cultivating a community where men make the investment in the next generation, model healthy masculinity to those around us, and are willing to be made well by Jesus. Listen now for more.

Paul gives Titus an urgent call to confront deceptive teachers in Crete, because they are destroying whole households with their false gospel. To confront the false gospels in our own time, we must become lovers of the truth who see through lies, shut the door on corrupting influences, and speak truth to restore those who have fallen away.

Elders are official church leaders who are recognized within their community, called by God, and appointed by fellow elders to cultivate Kingdom culture in local churches. They do this by managing God’s household, modeling God's ways, teaching God's word, and protecting God's people. But more important than what they do is what they smell like. And shepherds smell like sheep. 

The gospel of Jesus Christ confronts and corrects our culture to make it more like the kingdom of heaven. The letter to Titus is a classic example of this process at work: On the island of Crete is a young church struggling to live out Jesus' kingdom amidst their native cultural narratives and social norms, so Paul sends Titus to finish what remains unfinished. He must strengthen their faith, but...