Steve Pinto Podcast

“Why do we sing and worship together at Church?” Today, I want to answer that question. I want to speak to you about the foundations of knowing why worship corporately and how we worship together. The people of God sing. The role of music in worship is biblical. After escaping from the Egyptians and crossing the Red Sea, the people of Israel sang a song to the Lord (Exod. 15). Singing was part of...

Let’s keep it 100! How many of us struggle with temptation? Truth is, everyone who is trying to live a life pleasing to God does. Everybody is tempted and the bible calls us to live victorious overcoming lives. So, we need to learn how to overcome temptation. That is why today, I want to speak to you about identifying the enemies’ devices and our proclivities to fall prey to them. My objective tod...

When it comes to Christian living, willpower is not going to work, because our will is broken. We must be committed to building our heart! We must cultivate the atmosphere where God can work in our hearts, because if our hearts don’t follow Jesus, ultimately, we will only see shallow, surface level, transformation.

Having a Heart of a Champion is about striving toward godly character, commitment and courage. When it comes to Christian living, willpower is not going to work, because our will is broken. We must be committed to building our heart! We must cultivate the atmosphere where God can work in our hearts, because if our hearts don’t follow Jesus, ultimately, we will only see shallow, surface level, tran...

When we hear commentators use the phrase “the heart of a champion” they a describing a certain disposition that has nothing to do with winning but everything to do with a particular attitude toward the game. The phrase is used in reference to an athlete’s particular character, commitment, and courage. The phrase could just as easily apply to our Christian living. God wants us to strive toward a ce...

A series on how to become spiritually fit and healthy.

We are in the middle of a faith crisis. The church today is encountering two primary challenges among its congregants. Disorientation and Deconstruction (LGBTQ, Hell, Politics, Inerrancy). If we were to overgeneralize, we could say that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who are emotionally based and those who are rationally based. The heart and the mind can be an advantage or an ob...

If we were to overgeneralize, we could say that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who are emotionally based and those who are rationally based. The heart and the mind can be an advantage or an obstacle to belief.

Everyone who has become part of the family of Christ, who has been born into the kingdom of God, who is now a Christian, and who has accepted Jesus has been “called” to salvation! But there is another sense in which all Christians are “appointed” to fulfill special responsibilities and ministries set forth in Scripture on which the life and order of the church directly depend. In other words, now...

Everyone who has become part of the family of Christ, who has been born into the kingdom of God, who is now a Christian, and who has accepted Jesus has been “called” to salvation! But there is another sense in which all Christians are “appointed” to fulfill special responsibilities and ministries set forth in Scripture on which the life and order of the church directly depend. In other words, now...

SERMON In Steve's message, we’ll learn about an area of division in the Corinthian Church. The division today deals with our manner of emphasis or our approach to understanding God. Perhaps we can call it our personal preference on methodology and perspective on understanding God.

DEVOTIONAL Consumers or Servants? It is crucial to consider the role that social media, gaming, and technology play in our lives. It is all designed for our entertainment. Its airbrushed photos, edited videos, pleasurable movies, binge-worthy shows, and even our newscasts are all designed for our consumption. Today, we are inundated with far more entertainment and information than we can cope with...

DEVOTIONAL In 1 Cor. 5:1-5, Paul addresses the lack of a correct emotional response to sin. It seemed as if the Corinthians had become desensitized to immoral behavior. Sadly, God’s people can (are becoming, already are) desensitized to sin. Sin is not a popular word in our culture today. We may even cringe hearing it. But we can’t avoid sin, and we must deal with it properly. In this devotional,...

LECTURE This podcast is made up of a recorded lecture. Steve teaches about the moral character traits necessary for leading.

LECTURE This podcast is made up of a recorded lecture. Steve teaches about the moral character traits necessary for leading. 

DEVOTIONAL Worshipers by Nature: There is a sense in which we become what we worship. We become what we idolize. We are shaped and fashioned by what we love and who we follow. Our attention often runs to what’s important to us. And the things we run to tend to be the things we worship. Our distractions reveal who we worship and what we love! Chasing after the latest trend or influence often leaves...

DEVOTIONAL Believe it or not, the Bible actually has a lot to say about our work. So often we think of worship as something we do on Sunday and work as something we do on Monday. Today, I want to encourage you to live a whole life. A life that is whole—where “soul and role” are aligned. It’s time to break down the divide between the sacred and the secular, between the church and the world, between...

DEVOTIONAL Wouldn’t it be nice if every issue were black and white—crystal clear? Every single issue. Every subject. Every day. It would undoubtedly simplify decision-making, conscience issues, controversies and might even prevent some discord. But we don’t live in simple times. Life is not simple. We live in a complex world. I think we have lost our ability to think deeply through individual issu...

LECTURE This podcast is a recorded lecture given by Steve Pinto as he teaches on how we as believers are to live in a technological context.

DEVOTIONAL This podcast is a devotional Steve gives on the integrity of Heart and Skillful Hands. Integrity of Heart and Skillful Hands: How was it that David, the shepherd boy, enters the kingdom as a musician and develops into the king’s armor-bearer and eventually becomes the King of Israel? It was David’s heart of integrity and skillful hands. Psalm 78:70-72 says, “70 He chose David his servan...

DEVOTIONAL Today, everyone is a journalist, and everyone is an expert. It is not popular to speak about authority because it demands a loving and committed relationship. In a time and place where we listen to a multiplicity of influencers rather than spiritual fathers, who has the spiritual authority to speak into your life? Do you have any loving spiritual fathers who speak gospel truth into your...

DEVOTIONAL In Psalm 86:11 David prayed, “Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.” (NIV) So often we think of worship as something we do on Sunday and work as something we do on Monday. I want to encourage you to live a whole life. A life that is whole—where “soul and role” are aligned. It’s time to break down the divide...

DEVOTIONAL The real foundation of our life is usually hidden and until a storm comes. And 2020 has been a metaphorical storm revealing the true foundations of believers, pastors, and churches. We are living in a time and age where the rain is coming down, the streams are rising, and the winds are blowing against our house. Will it reveal Solid Biblical Truth as foundations or will it reveal Sandy...

LECTURE Steve shares a lecture that was given to a class of young leaders.

Steve Pinto talks about his book "The Silent Exodus" at Biola University’s “Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation Conference” (SCORR)