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What's on your top 5 Christmas list? Jonathan and Matt share several of their top 5 Christmas rankings!  From our Church family to yours, we wish you a very merry Christmas! 

Tis the season of giving! We all love giving and receiving gifts for the holiday season! Have you ever stopped to wonder why we do so? Jonathan and Matt walk us through the origins of giving and receiving and discuss how giving can quickly become stressful. How can we be cheerful givers this Christmas? Is it possible to be a selfish giver during the holidays? What are some other ways we can show f...

Grief and Christmas are not often connected, but it is a reality many people face. Whether you are experiencing it or know somebody who is, grief is inevitably a part of the holidays in a time where we typically become more reflective. Whether you have lost somebody or something, how do we cope with grief during such a busy time? What is the appropriate way to cope with grief during the holidays a...

Christmas time is here! As the holidays roll around, we begin a new series. Let's talk holiday family feud! Jonathan and Matt walk us through the struggles and pressures of family during the crazy holiday season. How do we interact with our family? How do we show them we love them? What do we do when there is conflict between us during the holidays? What is our role in the family during the b...

Happy thanksgiving weekend! As you prepare to enter the holidays, Jonathan and Matt close our series of "Asking for a friend" series and talk spiritual gifts! Exactly what it is a spiritual gift? How is a spiritual gift found? How do we develop our gift? Are there certain gifts that do not exist today?  If you have any questions, reach out at @austinbaptistchurch and stay on the look out...

Let's talk some theology! In this episode, Jonathan and Matt hit on your questions sent in having to do with our fallen world and its' problem of evil. Why does God test us with difficult trials? Why do bad things happen and why do good people and things suffer evil? How are we to respond to the problem of evil?

Some questions could simply not be categorized! On today's episode, Jonathan and Matt take on multiple miscallaneous questions  you've sent in. What does the Bible say about dinosaurs?  Will animals go to heaven? Will there be food in heaven and will we be able to sleep? Are there such things as coincidences?

Money talk! We continue on our "Asking For A Friend" series and answer money questions! What is tithing and and we required to do so? How much should I give to the church and why should I contribute? Is gambling wrong? How does student debt play into giving faithfully? Don't forget to send in your questions at info@austinbaptistchurch.com

Love is in the air! We have our first batch of questions in our kick-off episode of the new series, "Asking For A Friend", where Jonathan and Matt will be answering your questions. In today's episode we answer all things love! Who in the world do we marry? Is there such thing as "The One"? Why is it important to marry other Christians and what do I do if I'm married t...

Got questions? Jonathan and Matt talk about what's to come in our upcoming series, "Asking For A Friend". If you have any questions that you've always wondered about ministry, relationships, theology, or anything beyond, ask away! Dm us a question at @austinbaptistchurch on Instagram or email info@austinbaptistchurch.com. 

Jonathan and Matt are asking the question each week, “what are youlistening to?”  Every day we are bombarded with voices and opinions that try to direct our lives, so the question is “which voices should we listen to?”  Each episode will focus on different groups that we hear from often, and we will discuss how believers can discern which of those voices they should listen to.  In this episode the...

Jonathan and Matt are asking the question each week, “what are you listening to?”  Every day we are bombarded with voices and opinions that try to direct our lives, so the question is “which voices should we listen to?”  Each episode will focus on different groups that we hear from often, and we will discuss how believers can discern which of those voices they should listen to.  In this episode th...

Jonathan and Matt are asking the question each week, “what are you listening to?”  Every day we are bombarded with voices and opinions that try to direct our lives, so the question is “which voices should we listen to?”  Each episode will focus on different groups that we hear from often, and we will discuss how believers can discern which of those voices they should listen to.  In this episode th...

Jonathan and Matt are asking the question each week, “what are you listening to?”  Every day we are bombarded with voices and opinions that try to direct our lives, so the question is “which voices should we listen to?”  Each episode will focus on different groups that we hear from often, and we will discuss how believers can discern which of those voices they should listen to.  In this episode th...

Jonathan and Matt are asking the question each week, “what are you listening to?”  Every day we are bombarded with voices and opinions that try to direct our lives, so the question is “which voices should we listen to?”  Each episode will focus on different groups that we hear from often, and we will discuss how believers can discern which of those voices they should listen to.  In this episode th...

Jonathan and Matt are asking the question each week, “what are you listening to?”  Every day we are bombarded with voices and opinions that try to direct our lives, so the question is “which voices should we listen to?”  Each episode will focus on different groups that we hear from often, and we will discuss how believers can discern which of those voices they should listen to.  In this episode th...

Check out some of Jonathan and Matt's personal book recommendations! 1. Sacred Pathways: Discover Your Soul's Path to God - Gary Thomas 2. Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer - J. Oswald Sanders 3. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life - Donald S. Whitney 4. Celebration of Discipline - Richard J. Foster

As we continue in our new normal series, we discuss the outward disciplines - Matt and Jonathan walk us through three of these: Worship, Giving, and Evangelism.  How do we practice each of these? And why are these important to practice outwardly in the Christian faith?

As we continue in our new normal series, we discuss inward disciplines - disciplines  that may not be as visible and trackable to others, but are fruitful when practiced regularly in the Christian faith. Jonathan and Matt walk us through three of these disciplines; Fasting, Solitude, and Rest.  PODCAST TIME NOTES Fasting - 6:00 Solitude - 24:00 Rest - 33:15

As everyone reemerges from the pandemic, we all have an opportunity to hit the reset button in life.  We can pick back up old habits, but we also have a chance to start new ones.  As you establish your new norms, what spiritual practices do you plan to implement?  This series will look at some of the most essential spiritual disciplines and teach you how to make them new norms in your life.  This...

As everyone reemerges from the pandemic, we all have an opportunity to hit the reset button in life.  We can pick back up old habits, but we also have a chance to start new ones.  As you establish your new norms, what spiritual practices do you plan to implement?  This series will look at some of the most essential spiritual disciplines and teach you how to make them new norms in your life.  This...

Christians are often called to “live in the world but not of it.”  This Biblical charge is easy to remember but hard to understand.  The Bible teaches us to live in the culture of our cities, but at the same time to not conform to it (1 John 2:15, Romans 12:2).  This tension creates a clash that leads to three common reactions from Christians: cancel culture, confront culture, or compromise to the...

Christians are often called to “live in the world but not of it.”  This Biblical charge is easy to remember but hard to understand.  The Bible teaches us to live in the culture of our cities, but at the same time to not conform to it (1 John 2:15, Romans 12:2).  This tension creates a clash that leads to three common reactions from Christians: cancel culture, confront culture, or compromise to the...

Christians are often called to “live in the world but not of it.”  This Biblical charge is easy to remember but hard to understand.  The Bible teaches us to live in the culture of our cities, but at the same time to not conform to it (1 John 2:15, Romans 12:2).  This tension creates a clash that leads to three common reactions from Christians: cancel culture, confront culture, or compromise to the...

Thomas Jefferson took the phrase and incorporated it into his famous statement of peoples' inalienable rights, but what exactly did he mean by these concepts? Jonathan and Matt wrap up the series and discuss our final right; Pursuit of Happiness. What did Thomas Jefferson mean by the right to pursue happiness?  What does it mean in our modern society? And what does it mean for us as Christian...