The Austin Stone Podcast

Ross Lester looks at how Nehemiah fought the temptations and trials in his path and how, because of Jesus’ example and the Spirit’s power, we can do the same today.

Will Bostian looks at Nehemiah 5:1-19 to show how God is meant to be reflected in the way we steward everything in our lives—including our generosity.

Ross Lester spends time walking through Nehemiah 4:1-23 to show what it means to rebuild in the face of opposition.

Halim Suh outlines how we can rebuild our purpose and identity when we lose sight of who we are as God’s chosen people.

Ross Lester looks at the life of Nehemiah to show how God invites us into His work in the world and what it looks like to live with the knowledge of this divine assignment.

Jimmy McNeal looks at Nehemiah 2:1-8 and outlines a few effects of faithful prayer—faithfulness, vulnerability, and courage.

Ross Lester walks through Nehemiah’s prayer in verses 5-11 to outline  how faithful prayer looks to God with adoration, looks at self with humble confession, remembers the past with thanksgiving, and right-sizes the future through supplication.

Ross Lester kicks off our Nehemiah series by looking at how God is faithful in overseeing the details of our lives and protecting a remnant people, and how this faithfulness to us should lead us to be prayerful.

Halim Suh concludes our series The Life of David by looking at 2 Samuel 23 to see how, at the end of his life, David owned the failures and the sorrows, hoped in the eternal covenant of grace not merit, and didn’t consider himself too far gone or found it too late to return to God in worship and repentance.

Ross Lester delves into a handful of stories from 2 Samuel to examine the legacy of David and what it teaches us about the impact and importance of our own legacies of faith.

Ross Lester spends time in the story of Bathsheba and David where we see the destructive and corrosive power of sin, the disarming pursuit of grace, and the redemptive result of repentance.

Andy Kampman examines the call of the Great Commission and how it applies to our everyday lives.

Afshin Ziafat examines 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10 and elaborates on how the transformative nature of the gospel forms servants, followers, examples, and ambassadors.

Will Walker continues our summer preaching series by examining Psalm 3 and highlighting how we can pray through our emotions in the presence of God.

Ray Ortlund spends time looking at passages of Isaiah that show us how in heaven will be human, with Christ giving to us everything we’ve most deeply longed for all our lives.

Dr. Yancey Arrington kicks off our summer preaching series by looking at Philippians 4:6-7 and examining how prayer expresses our reliance on God, empowers our actions, and results in peace.

Ross Lester spends time in 2 Samuel 9 and examines who God’s mercy is for, what His mercy is like, and the response His mercy should elicit from us.

Matt Blackwell examines 2 Samuel 7 and walks through David’s presumption, God’s promise, and David’s prayer.

Matt Blackwell looks at David’s life in 2 Samuel 6 and outlines three types of confrontations and responses to God’s presence.

Halim Suh explores Psalm 63 and leads us to consider how we can worship in the midst of hardship.‍

Jimmy McNeal continues in The Life of David by looking at David’s encounter with Saul in 1 Samuel 24.

Ross Lester invites us to consider the concept of biblical friendship by examining David’s juxtaposing relationship with Saul and his son Jonathan. 

Halim Suh approaches the familiar story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel by examining the text through the lens of the occasion, power, and object of faith.

Ross Lester spends time in 1 Samuel 16 and highlights how God is working even when people are failing, He loves working through unlikely people, He works even when no one is watching, and He often works in us before He works through us.

Ross Lester wraps up our series The Gospel of Matthew by examining Matthew 28:16-20 and looking at the command, context, and covenant of the Great Commission.