Episodes
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Stop Trying to Stop Worrying_Scrolling and Binging
Show notes You prayed, you felt peace, and then you woke up and the worry was back. In the final episode of our series on worry, we talk about why that isn't a failure of faith, and why peace is something we practice rather than something we feel once. Drawing on Philippians 4 and Lamentations 3,...
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Stop Trying to Stop Worrying_Asleep in the Boat
Episode 4: Stop Trying to Stop Worrying: Asleep in the Boat Episode Summary What do you do with the worry that comes after you’ve already prayed? In this episode we step into the boat with the disciples in Mark 4:35–41. A furious squall hits the Sea of Galilee, seasoned fishermen are bailing for...
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Stop Trying to Stop Worrying_Not Yours To Carry
Stop Trying to Stop Worrying: Not Yours to Carry ``` Episode : 3 Some of the heaviest worry isn't about us at all. It's about them. This week we look at what it means to cast our cares on God, especially our worry for the people we love. Part of the series Stop Trying to Stop Worrying. The friend...
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Stop Trying to Stop Worrying_Today Has Enough
Stop Trying to Stop Worrying Episode 2: Today Has Enough Matthew 6:25–34 Most of our worry isn't about right now. Right now, we're usually okay. Worry is a kind of time travel: it carries us into a future we haven't reached, shows us the worst version of it, and drops us back in the present, worn...
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Stop Trying to Stop Worrying
Stop Trying to Stop Worrying Psalm 46:1–5, 10 & Philippians 4:6–7 Maybe nothing in your life is on fire. It's just a lot: the emails, the test results you're waiting on, the kid who won't talk to you, the bills, the news. Any one of them you could handle. All of them together keep you up at 2…
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More Than A Belief System
Episode Show Notes: More Than a Belief System-Why We Need the Holy Spirit for Everything We don't just need the Holy Spirit for church — we need him for our politics, our relationships, and every hard conversation in between. Whether you believe all of this, doubt most of it, or you're just…
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Knit Together in Love
Knit Together in Love — Colossians 1:24–2:5 What does it actually take to keep turning a whole life toward Jesus especially in a season marked by division and drifting doubt? In this message, we sit with Paul's words to the Colossians and ask what it means to be "knit together in love," to let...
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Be Still and Know
Show Notes: Be Still and Know That I Am God Psalm 46:10 and the practice of trust in an anxious, always-on world Episode Summary In a culture built on constant notifications, instant answers, and nonstop motion, six ancient words still cut through the noise: "Be still, and know that I am God." In...
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Stop Managing People into Faith
All Saints is a community for All who believe, doubt, and seek. But believing, doubting, and seeking only make sense if they are directed at someone. In this episode, we talk about why Jesus must remain at the center of everything we are becoming. Romans 1 tells us that creation reveals the…
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Creating A Movement
Creating a Movement, Part 2: Rhizome Scripture: Acts 8, 10, 11 (with roots in 1 Peter 2:4-12) A tree grows from one visible trunk, top-down. A rhizome spreads underground, sideways, sending up new growth in places you'd never predict, and it still has one life running through the whole thing....
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What Breaks Your Heart?
What if this community simply wasn't here? Not "would people miss it" would anything in your actual life, your actual relationships, be different? This week we're talking about prayer the discipline most of us quietly struggle with and why it's the starting point for everything we believe God is...
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A Church for All Who Believe Doubt and Seek A vision for All Saints
Here's a question some of you may already be asking, maybe not out loud: why not just keep doing what we've been doing? All Saints has a good life. Why change anything? That's a fair question, and I'm not going to rush past it. Join us for a look into what All Saints can become.
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I Want to Believe but How Can I Know
How can we know the resurrection actually happened? A listener sent me that question. They’ve read the research and considered the arguments. They want to believe. They just can’t seem to get all the way there. Maybe you understand that. The first disciples did. When Jesus appeared to them, they...
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Love Isnt Nice Its Transforming
We often hear 1 Corinthians 13 at weddings. It feels warm, poetic, and inspiring. But that's not why Paul wrote it. He wasn't describing romance. He was confronting a church filled with gifted, successful, ambitious people whose character hadn't caught up with their talent. Sound familiar? Our...
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Make Jesus Controversial Again
Was Jesus a Democrat or a Republican? He wasn't either, and he turned down every chance to be. Our podcast this week is looking at the question that actually got Jesus killed (not the one trending on your feed): what kind of King did he come to be? Because once you answer that, the Constitution,...
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Why More Information Wont Save Us
It's one of the defining questions of our time. We live in a world shaped by war, political division, AI, endless information, and growing skepticism. We question headlines, social media, institutions—even each other. Everyone seems to have an agenda. So where do we turn? In Acts 1:8, Jesus…
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An Honest Conversation about Institutional Religion
There is a time to plant. And there is a time to uproot. Most of us don't like the second part. Many people today are questioning the faith they inherited. They're examining long-held beliefs, leaving churches, and wondering if there's still a place for them in God's story. Some call it...
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Blessed Are the Weak A Kingdom Manifesto for an Age of Power
Blessed Are the Weak? A Kingdom Manifesto for an Age of Power Matthew 5 We live in a culture obsessed with power. Be strong and successful. Defeat your opponents. Then Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount and says: "Blessed are the poor in spirit." "Blessed are those who mourn." "Blessed are the...
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Why Does American Christianity Feel So Political?
In this episode, our guest, Ron Herms, looks at the issues facing American Christians in America. Why does so much of American Christianity seem disconnected from the teachings of Jesus? In this episode of the All Saints Podcast, I sit down with biblical scholar Ron Herms for a wide-ranging...
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The Problem isn’t Doubt. It’s Certainty.
Many people have walked away from faith not because they stopped caring about truth, but because they grew tired of certainty being used as a weapon. Too often, Christianity becomes about having the right answers, winning arguments, or correcting people who disagree. But Jesus seemed far more...
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Stop Asking Jesus to Pick Your Side
Everyone wanted Jesus to pick a side. The Pharisees wanted Him to oppose Rome. The Herodians wanted Him to support it. Instead, Jesus shattered their categories."Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." His kingdom wasn't built through political power, cultural dominance, or...
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Jesus Didn’t Come to Earth to Make People Religious
A lot of people are deconstructing their faith right now. Not because they stopped caring about truth, but because what they inherited often felt hollow, performative, guilt ridden and emotionally exhausting. If Christianity only produces fear, image management, culture wars, anxiety, and the...
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Does the Existence of Evil Prove God Is Absent or That We Need Him
We live in a world filled with war, anxiety, injustice, abuse, grief, and unanswered prayers. And for many people, suffering is not just painful—it becomes the reason they walk away from faith entirely. Because if God is all-powerful, why doesn’t He stop evil? And if He can stop it but chooses…
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The Illusion of Control
We obsess over control. Career. Politics. Money. Relationships. The future. We are told: “Your future is whatever you make it.” But what if that pressure is crushing us? Proverbs presents a terrifying and liberating paradox: Your choices matter deeply… and yet God is not absent from the chaos.…
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What Do I Do with Anger
We’re living in a moment where every headline screams the same message: hit back harder. In the Iran conflict, retaliation is expected. Escalation is applauded. Leaders are measured by how forcefully they respond, not how wisely they restrain. But what if the real crisis isn’t just geopolitical…...
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Inner Peace in An Unhinged World
Proverbs 12:25; 13:12; 14:10,13,30; 15:4,13-14; 16:2; 18:14; 28:1 The world currently feels unpredictable—wars, economic pressures, relentless noise, and a constant flood of fear, outrage, and uncertainty. But the true question is—what’s happening inside you? Because chaos isn’t just external…
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The Algorithm of a Fool
We live in a world where being loud is often mistaken for being right. Opinions travel faster than truth, confidence replaces competence, and wisdom gets drowned out by noise. But if we’re honest—it’s not just “out there.” It’s in us too. The Bible doesn’t define a fool by intelligence, but by...
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The Resurrection is Standing in Front of You
Episode #189 You can believe all the right things about Easter… and still keep it at a distance. Martha did. She believed in resurrection—just not right now. But Jesus steps into her grief and doesn’t offer a timeline. He offers Himself. “I am the resurrection and the life.” Not an event. Not...
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The King We Wanted vs The King We Needed
Episode #188 On Palm Sunday, the crowd shouted Hosanna—but they were expecting a different kind of king. One with power, control, and quick solutions. Instead, Jesus arrived on a donkey—quiet, humble, and completely at odds with their expectations. What happens when the King we want isn’t the…
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Designer Jesus Vs The Real One
Episode #187 Luke 23:32-43 Everyone at the cross had an opinion about Jesus. The religious mocked Him. The powerful dismissed Him. One criminal demanded something from Him. The other surrendered everything to Him. Same moment. Same Jesus. Two completely different responses. And not much has...
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The Scandal Of Childlike Faith
Episode #186 Jesus once made a shocking statement: "Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." In a world obsessed with control, achievement, and proving ourselves, Jesus points to something completely different. Children don’t earn love, negotiate...
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Why The Good Christians Might Be Missing The Point
Episode #185 - Lent invites us to slow down and reflect on the words of Jesus—especially the ones that challenge us. In this episode, we explore the Parable of the Two Sons in Gospel of Matthew 21:28–32, where Jesus makes a startling claim: the people society looks down on may enter the kingdom…
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The Freedom Of I Don't Know
Episode #184 - The world feels unstable. Elections, wars, markets, outrage cycles — every headline dares you to panic. And beneath the noise is a quiet assumption: it’s all on us. If we don’t control it, fix it, predict it — everything falls apart.But what if our anxiety is really a craving for...
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Anything In Jesus’ Name
Title: Anything in Jesus' Name? Really? John 14:12-14 Episode #183 Can prayer really change anything? Or are we just talking into the air? Have you ever wondered whether prayer makes a difference? In John 14, Jesus makes a staggering promise: “Ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.”…
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More Than Belief
Title: More Than Belief James draws a hard line: what you believe must become who you are. Faith isn’t rule-keeping—it’s relationship. When love takes root, obedience stops feeling like obligation and starts looking like joy.Humble yourself. Come near. Not to earn love—but because you already…
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Why Our Certainty Is Making Us Stupid
Why Our Certainty Is Making Us Stupid Episode #181 We don’t lack information—we lack wisdom. James says real wisdom isn’t loud, defensive, or obsessed with being right. It shows up in humility, peace, and a life that actually holds together. When certainty replaces curiosity and pride replaces…
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The Poor And The Immigrant Are Not A Side Issue
The Poor and the Immigrant Are Not a Side Issue Episode #180 James refuses to let faith stay abstract. He drags it into real bodies, empty stomachs, and vulnerable lives. To follow Jesus is to deliberately move toward the poor—not as projects, not as problems, but as neighbors made in God’s…
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Outrage Isn’t Maturity
Episode #179 James doesn’t sugarcoat it. Spiritual growth isn’t about having stronger opinions—it’s about having a humbler posture. In a culture that rewards instant outrage and loud certainty, James offers a disruptive path: Be quick to listen. Slow to speak. Slow to anger. Why? Because anger...
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Being Before Doing
Episode #178 James doesn’t let us hide. Real faith isn’t what you post, attend, or defend. It’s what you do when no one’s watching—and who you refuse to overlook. Care for the vulnerable is not optional. Holiness is not negotiable. Choose one without the other, and you’ve missed it. James 1–2…
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Wisdom Or Escape
Episode 177: Wisdom or Escape? We’re living in a moment that keeps praying, “Get me out of this.” Out of anxiety. Out of division. Out of pain. But James asks a harder question: Do you have the wisdom for this? Wisdom doesn’t promise control, certainty, or instant happiness. It forms people who…
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When Trouble Finds You Because It Will
The book of James is wisdom for when life falls apart. Echoing Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Sermon on the Mount, James asks a hard question: *What does real faith look like when suffering comes?* Written by James—the brother of Jesus—this letter carries unusual weight. He knew Jesus up close,...
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When God Got Skin In The Game
Episode #175 - Christmas isn’t just a sweet story—it’s a shocking claim. The ideal became real. God took on flesh, tasted death, and wasn’t ashamed to call us family. In a broken world where nothing feels as it should, we now see Jesus—fully human, fully God—our Champion in suffering, our hope in...
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The Homeless God
Episode 174: What if Christmas isn’t a cozy, sentimental tale… but a disruptive truth about a God who became homeless to bring us home? Isaiah 35 promises a world made whole—deserts blooming, fear dissolving, bodies healed, joy overflowing. But that restoration began in the most unlikely place: a...
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The Love That Entered The World
Episode #173: Advent reminds us that love didn’t enter the world quietly — it broke in. Before we ever reached for God, God’s love was already reaching for us. The star that led people to Jesus still points us to the truth we most need: God’s love isn’t earned. It isn’t fragile. And it isn’t…
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The Most Misunderstood Power In Your Life
Episode 172: We talk a lot about hope, but most of us don’t really understand it. Scripture doesn’t treat hope as wishful thinking or emotional optimism—it calls it a life-shaping certainty about a future God has already secured. In Ephesians 1, Paul prays that our hearts would be enlightened to...
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Finding Rest In An Age Of Information Overload
Episode: 171 - Finding Rest in an Age of Information Overload Matthew 11:28–30 We live in a world that never stops talking — constant updates, opinions, and noise. But Jesus still says: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” True peace isn’t found in knowing...
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Youve Been Found Out And Thats A Good Thing
Episode 170: What if being “found out” isn’t something to fear, but the beginning of freedom? In this episode, we explore Jesus’ bold claim to be the Good Shepherd — the One who not only leads His sheep but also became the Lamb who gave His life for them. Discover how grace frees us from control,...
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When Truth Stops Being Oppressive
We live in a culture that treats “absolute truth” as the enemy of freedom — but what if the opposite is true? In Galatians 2, Paul insists that truth isn’t a weapon of control but the doorway to real freedom. The gospel doesn’t crush individuality; it redeems it. When truth stops being…
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No Excuses The DNA Of Divine Growth
Is Spiritual Growth the Proof of Knowing God? How do you measure a relationship with God? Is spiritual growth a feeling, a habit, or evidence of transformation? In 2 Peter 1:1-9, we’re invited to grow in grace and knowledge—not by chasing perfection, but by practicing disciplines that awaken us…
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The Desert That Saves You
Episode 167: Why God’s love sometimes feels like abandonment? Sometimes love doesn’t feel like comfort—it feels like absence. God often leads His people into the desert, not to destroy them, but to save them. In this episode, we explore why God’s love can feel like abandonment, and how the...
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