All Saints Church Podcast

From our series, "Postures." Since God's posture towards us is love, how should we posture ourselves towards him? The answer: in prayer. For Christians, the goal is not necessarily to be “good” at praying, but to become a people who prays, who position ourselves before the living God as those ready to receive all he has to offer and to participate in his work in our world. This week we look at the...

From our series, "Postures." Our ability to practically follow Jesus often depends on the posture of our hearts towards God. But how we relate to God so often depends on what we believe he is really like, or how we think he really feels about us. Are we expectant of love? Or anticipating punishment? Thankfully, in the midst of our fear, uncertainty, and even our failures, we meet a Savior who gets...

Welcome to All Saints: Off the Cuff! Join pastors David and Meghan from All Saints Church as we dive deeper into Sunday messages and explore themes that resonate with the community. This episode sets the stage for what to expect, featuring candid conversations, reflections on church planting, and the dynamics of pastoral life. We share our experiences of planting a church, including the unexpected...

Paul ends his letters to the Ephesians with a blessing of grace to all who love Jesus with "incorruptible love." This is beautiful, but it also implies that our loves can be corrupted. In fact, what we love and long for are constantly being shaped by our spiritual habits–or lack thereof. As we transition into a new series called POSTURES, we discuss the transformative power of worship, not just as...

From our series "Ephesians." As Paul nears the end of his letter, he reminds the church to stand firm in the spiritual war between light and dark, good and evil, that we've all been drafted into as Christians. To do that, we must be aware of what spiritual warfare is so we can be prepared to fight our true enemy the way Jesus teaches us to fight. (Hint: our enemy is not other humans, and our weapo...

From our series "Ephesians." In the last section of Paul's instructions for Christian households in Ephesus, he directly addresses Christian slaves and masters. In order to understand the powerful blow this passage deals to the institution of slavery moving forward, as well as the dignity the Gospel restores to enslaved people everywhere, we need to slow down and study this text in its historical...

From our series "Ephesians." Family dynamics are often complex and bittersweet as beauty meets brokenness in our most intimate relationships. The apostle Paul knows this, too, which is why his subversive and hopeful message to parents and children at Ephesus points us to Jesus' ideal vision for the families we're born into, and the chosen family we find at church as well. Children hear God's heart...

From our series "Ephesians." Submission is a dirty word in our culture, as we tend to reject authority and resist commitment at all costs. But just as Jesus redefines the image and aim of love on the Cross, so too does he redefine the ways we view power and use authority. As we walk in love together with him, we are called to imitate this new and beautiful way of being human that leaves no part of...

From our series "Ephesians." The apostle Paul calls us to imitate God as beloved children, walking in self-giving, others-oriented, obedient love just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us on the cross. We do this not to earn God's affection or keep a bunch of arbitrary rules, but rather because we are light: new creations becoming more and more like Jesus as we follow him away from the se...

Welcome to our first-ever Worship in the Park gathering! As we take a break from our series through Ephesians, discover how Jesus' embodiment of love and presence inspires us to embed ourselves in our communities, build meaningful relationships, and live out our faith intentionally towards those around us. This message shares practical insights on how to become fixtures in our local contexts, from...

From our series "Ephesians." After laying a deep theological foundation, Paul turns his pen to describing what a practical Christian life looks like. As the Gospel transforms us from living how we want to living how God wants us to live, we are reminded that we've been given an entirely new life in Jesus that we must 'put on' as we walk beside him. And this new life is full of hope, purpose, and m...

From our series, "Ephesians." In Ephesians 4, Paul urges the church to walk worthy of the calling we've received in Christ, which is the incredible fact that God has chosen us, his church, for himself, forever. The way we live our lives should honor this good news as we mature to become more like Jesus. God helps us do this through unique people-gifts Christ gives the church who help us grow in th...

From our series "Ephesians." Friend of the family Brad McKoy walks us through Ephesians 3 as we discover the Father's heart for the church in Paul's letter. This was a marking moment for All Saints. You won't want to miss the message!

From our series "Ephesians." Paul writes that, in Jesus, God's manifold wisdom has been revealed to the cosmos once and for all. It's precise location? The church! But what exactly is church? And why do I need it? Join us as we uncover God's beautiful plan to make us one new family, a temple of living stones, and a witness to a watching world. 

From our series "Ephesians." As we learn how the Gospel story transforms our stories, Paul makes the message personal for the Ephesian church. Jewish and non-Jewish Christians worshiped together, as one new family, but treating folks from different cultures as brothers and sisters is harder than it sounds–even though Christ has already united us on the cross through his blood. Sometimes, in our de...

From our series "Ephesians." We were dead in sin, but God made us alive in Christ, seating us above the evil powers that be and freeing us from our own disordered desires that lead us away from Him. In this new way of being, God calls us to follow the Good King Jesus by accepting the free gift of life and doing the good works God has called us to do. This is the life that satisfies, and its all be...

From our series "Ephesians." Paul has heard about the Ephesian church's faith and great love for all God's people. This prompts him to pray that God's Spirit will open their eyes—as well as ours today—to the hope of our calling in Christ, our value to God as his inheritance, and our connection to his ultimate power. The only question is, are you H.I.P. to it? (See what we did there?)

From our series "Ephesians." Paul, an apostle of Jesus of Nazareth, writes a letter from prison to remind the churches in and around the ancient city of Ephesus how the Gospel story transforms our story. He begins his letter with a rich theological poem unpacking the interplay between God's gracious, saving work in Jesus and our newfound position, as believers, "in Christ." Like the church in Ephe...

Jesus calls all of his disciples, or followers, to make more disciples who follow Jesus and make disciples. It's the family mission. We do this by inviting the spiritually curious into our own spiritual journeys, bringing the gospel to those who have never heard it, and creating safe communities for new believers to mature and the spiritually weary to be healed. Listen now for the final message in...

The Gospel, or good news, tells the story of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. On Easter, we celebrate what this means for all who believe that God raised him from the dead: that in Jesus, God is with us in our human condition, making a way through our wandering and brokenness and overcoming even death so that we can be reunited with him forever. Nowhere is that more evident...

We believe God heals the sick, raises the dead, and does the miraculous, and we ought to contend in faith to see his kingdom come in these ways through us here and now. But what about the times we don't see the miracle this side of heaven? How can we hold fast to God's promises when the unthinkable happens? Thankfully, Jesus shows us the way. Listen to discover why our church family values the God...

In our soft launch series, "Family Values," we've been exploring the question: How do we measure success as disciples of Jesus? According to Jesus, the answer is by how well we love one another. Christian love is only possible through shared life in a diverse community of deeply committed relationships rooted in mutual submission to Jesus that shapes our character and identity to be more like His....

Jesus said, "If you love me you will obey my teachings." This begins with denying ourselves, carrying our crosses daily, and following him. Yet Jesus also promises that in his presence is the fullness of joy. How do these two teachings fit together? Listen now to find out.

Everyone you will ever meet is seeking something that will satisfy the deep thirst and longing for intimacy, meaning, and purpose inside of them. Yet almost every cup we drink from leaves us empty or worse, thirstier than before. Thankfully, in Jesus, we have a cup that never runs dry. In our soft launch series, Family Values, we discuss the second distinctive that disciples, or followers, of Jesu...

What does it mean to follow Jesus? How do we know if we're doing it right? In our soft launch series, Family Values, we seek to answer these important questions by exploring the distinctions that disciples, or followers, of Jesus are known by. The first one is simple: Followers of Jesus are beloved children of a good Father. Everything else we do is a response to this beautiful truth.