All Saints Church Podcast

Jesus' story doesn't end on Easter. The Church's story begins. After his resurrection, Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit into his disciples and sends us out to redeem, restore, and renew the world he died for. Each of us has been uniquely gifted to carry out this mission in many ways as we await Jesus' return, but before we start "doing the stuff" we must check our motivations and remember our identi...

Jesus of Nazareth claimed to be the Son of God and promised all who believe in him eternal life. For those claims, he was betrayed, crucified, killed, and buried by the very people he came to save. Then something unexpected happened: Three days later, his tomb was found empty. This fact created confusion for his disciples in their predawn discovery as they wrestled with what this might mean. Two t...

This Palm Sunday, Pastor Sarah Beckman takes on a deep dive into the significance of Jesus' choices and actions leading up to his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The message challenges us to find ourselves in the crowd and question our own motives for following Jesus. As we do, we can take comfort in the fact that each step of his journey was intentional, and each step brought us further down the...

What do you give to the Person who has given you everything and needs nothing from you? How should we respond to the sacrificial love and life-giving power Jesus displays in our lives? What should the church be known for? Mary of Bethany answers all these questions with one radical, costly act of love and worship as she pours out her life at Jesus' feet. She is the model disciple who shows each of...

Everybody is looking for Jesus, but why? To respond to his life-giving work with trust? Or to reject his authority wherever his agenda goes against our own? Reflecting on John 11:45-57, Pastor Evan Wickham of Park Hill Church explores how our inner motives often blind us to the truth of Jesus as we spin reality to fit our stories instead of his. Yet the Holy Spirit stands ready to lead us into dee...

The story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus reaches its dramatic conclusion as Jesus raises his beloved friend from the grave. This story both recounts a historical miracle and reveals a deeply spiritual gospel truth: Dead things don't stay dead around Jesus. With a word from his mouth, Jesus calls each of us out of our hopeless situations and into new life. Will we "hope against hope" and cooperate wi...

Jesus doesn’t abandon, punish, or shame us for our grief; instead, he grieves with us. Jesus knows that hope and new life await us on the other side of our trials and tragedies, but he doesn’t rush our process; instead, he gives permission and presence on the way to the promise. Jesus is good, and his mercy endures forever. May he meet you right where you are so you may know you are never alone or...

On the road to resurrection, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead–a costly decision that prefigures Jesus' own path to the cross. But even though we know the end of the story, we cannot skip the hard parts. Before the miracle comes the praying, the suffering, the uncertainty, the longing, the grief. Jesus enters our human experience to redeem these parts of our stories, too. In response to the great...

There is a song all Israel, all humanity, has been waiting to hear. We may have caught little whispers on the wind and went searching for it, or even tried to play it ourselves and given up. Yet it remains a song that is meant for us, and Jesus came to play it perfectly... But when we hear the music, how will we respond?

This Sunday, we celebrated a whole year of gathering together as All Saints Church! We gathered early for local donuts, coffee, and good music before heading upstairs to celebrate where we've been and cast vision for where we're going. Listen now to learn where we feel the Lord is leading us, how you can help us get there, and, most importantly, the kind of "love one another" people we are called...

Buying oil is Jesus’ language for the costly decisions we make to pursue God’s presence and prepare ourselves for His return. Like the wise virgins in Jesus’ parable, we want to be a community that buys oil together and remains open to and ready for all the good things Jesus has for us, all the ways he wants to grow his kingdom in and through our lives. Join us on a journey through the Parable of...

Welcome to All Saints Off the Cuff, where pastors David and Meghan reflect on the current sermon series, share deeper theological thoughts and insights, and speak into the life of the church. In this episode, we dive into the captivating world of art, icons, and storytelling, exploring how these elements can profoundly shape our spiritual journey. As we discuss the transformative power of beholdin...

As we behold the Lamb, our lives are transformed more and more into the glorious image we see. That's because when we keep our eyes on Jesus, we see that God sees us in our secret heart, God wants us as we are, and God sends us to bring his love to others. Listen now for more. PS - The first few minutes of the recording were cut off due to a technical difficulty.

When we behold the Lamb, we see the true definition of God's love and how different it is from the love we've experienced or show others. Yet Jesus gives a new command: love one another "as I have loved you." What kind of love is this? What does it require of us? And what is it rooted in? Listen now as Pastor Sonny Smith from Detroit Church offers a word we pray marks our community.

Only by abiding in Christ can we bear fruit that remains, because Jesus is the true source of all life. When we lean back into his love and surrender ourselves to God's process of making us more fruitful, which John 15 calls "pruning," we find that we can follow Jesus more fully and forever–not just a little bit and sometimes. 

Jesus wants to show us what he's really like. Yet when he reveals himself to us, we are confronted with our misperceptions about him, and we have a choice to make: keep looking or look away. In Matthew 16 and 17, the disciples are confronted with their made-up messiahs as Jesus reveals this simple truth about his mission: the road to glory goes straight through the cross. Listen now to learn more!

God is good. I am loved. Jesus wins. These three truths are foundational to our understanding of the Good News about Jesus, so they are exactly the three things the Enemy wants us to doubt. Often we must fight to behold God's beauty in a broken world, but on the other side of the battle we find a faithful Father whose been with us all along. Behold the Lamb of God!

Discipleship begins, ends, and everything in between, with BEHOLDING THE LAMB. Our walk with Jesus is a repeated process of redirecting our gaze away from lesser loves, dimmer lights, partial truths, and back towards him. This is something we do in community, as we constantly point one another back to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth and remind ourselves what that means for u...

Join us as Tinika Wyatt shares the hope we have in Jesus, sent by an Everlasting Father to bring salvation, light, and hope into every dark situation we face. That same God empowers us to be the light we've received to others in our daily lives. The question is, do we look like our Father in heaven?

In this Advent season, we're reminded of the importance of waiting with hope, filling our lives with stories of God's ultimate triumph and love, and the Spirit's sanctifying work within us as we wait for God's promises to come to pass. Mary's story in Luke's gospel invites us to ponder the concept of freedom through surrender and the role of stories in shaping our spiritual imagination. Embrace th...

The season of Advent invites us into a period of intentional waiting, as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. Such waiting transforms our spiritual lives and unites us to the long story of redemption and rescue recorded in Scripture and fulfilled in the life of Jesus. Discover how this sacred season invites us to embrace God’s light in our shadows, seek divine wisdom in our circumstance...

In the final message of our Sermon on the Mount series, we are faced with a choice: Live out Jesus' wisdom in our daily lives, or go back to business as usual. Embracing Jesus' teachings leads to a flourishing and enduring life, even amidst the inevitable storms that come our way, because his word is a foundation that cannot be moved. Rejecting his teachings leads to a life that looks sturdy, but...

From our series, "Sermon on the Mount." As Jesus prepares to send his disciples back down the mountain, he warns them, and us, that our ability to enter his kingdom depends on how we respond to his message. Will we embrace Jesus as the True King and obey his teachings as he guides us down the narrow path that leads to life? Or will we choose the path of least resistance that leads only to destruct...

From our series, "Sermon on the Mount." Jesus envisions a kingdom, his church, where we truly pursue the best interest of other people through sacrificial love, self-aware mercy, and truth-telling, especially when it’s hard. But we will only commit to working through relational conflict once we catch Jesus' vision for community. In a world of church hurt, burnt bridges, and broken relationships, J...

From our series "Sermon on the Mount." In the midst of a broken world full of broken people who perpetuate broken systems, God's kingdom alone will last forever. That's why Jesus says: Don't worry. Seek first. God got you. What he means is: Center your life around your heavenly Father's will, and watch him take care of you. Are you not worth more than many sparrows? Listen now to learn more.