TDF Nashville Podcast

If we measure our worth by everyone around us, we’ll only find ourselves exhausted, prideful, or defeated. This message will encourage you to stop looking sideways and start walking faithfully in the unique calling God has placed on your life.

Today, we’ll wrestle with the tension between casting people aside and stepping in to restore them with grace and truth. This message will challenge you to reject a cancel culture and instead carry one another’s burdens, embodying the heart of Christ in a broken world.

It’s incredible to see Jesus moved with deep compassion for the weary and scattered, revealing the heart of a King who sees and pursues the lost. This message from Pastor Heath Hubbard will stir you to share Christ’s burden, pray boldly for laborers, and step into the harvest with the same compassion that sent Him.

Everyone is building a life but only those who hear Jesus and actually do what He says are anchored on a foundation that can withstand the storms. When the floods rise, it’s not your intentions but your obedience that determines whether your life stands firm or collapses.

Jesus isn’t one priority among many; He is preeminent over all things, the visible image of the invisible God, and the One who holds everything together. When Christ takes first place in your life, everything else finally finds its rightful place under His rule, His power, and His grace.

On Resurrection weekend, we discover that our unity and love as believers are meant to be the clearest proof to the world that Jesus is alive. This message will challenge you to live in deep, Christ-centered community so that your life becomes visible evidence of God’s glory and the transforming power of the Gospel.

Today, we enter the heart of Jesus’ prayer and see His deep desire to entrust His mission to ordinary people who are set apart by truth and sent into the world. This message will inspire you to embrace your role in God’s ongoing story, faithfully carrying the gospel forward to the next generation.

Today, we step into the intimate high priestly prayer of Jesus and discover that His mission was not just to save us from sin, but to bring us into a real, eternal relationship with the living God. This message will challenge and inspire you to see that knowing God through Christ is the greatest purpose of your life and the mission you’re now sent to share.

Hansel Morell and Cody Herren, two of TDF Nashville's future church planters, explore how their hearts for unbelievers shape their prayer lives, sharing practical rhythms, struggles, and insights. Honest, inspiring, and rooted in truth, this episode invites listeners to pray with purpose and live intentionally.

The Christian life is a spiritual battle and the only way to stand firm is by relying on the strength of the Lord and the full armor He provides. Fidel Ekyamba concludes our series on Ephesians by discussing how followers of Jesus can stand strong in truth, faith, and prayer, resisting the enemy and remaining faithful until the end.

We’re called to live lives that match the Gospel we claim: walking in humility, unity, holiness, love, and Spirit-filled obedience in every relationship. Pastor Dave Clayton explores what it truly means to walk worthy of Christ, showing how the Gospel transforms our character, our church, our homes, and our everyday lives.

The greatest limitation in our spiritual lives may not be what we lack, but how little we expect from a God who can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. If you’ve been living cautiously on the sidelines of faith, this message will challenge you to stop living small and start living like you’ve been let in to the very power, love, and purposes of God.

Paul declares that through Christ’s blood, the outsiders have been brought near, hostility has been shattered, and strangers have become family, no longer divided, but built together into one living temple. This is the story of a Savior who doesn’t just forgive your past but gives you a people and a purpose in the family of God.

The Gospel is a powerful story of how God meets us in our spiritual deadness and brings us to new life in Christ, not by our effort, but by His love. Rest in that grace and step into your calling as God’s workmanship.

This message calls us to awaken to the hope of our calling, the value God places on His people, and the resurrection power that should be at work among God's people. Our prayer is that, as you listen, you would have eyes to see the calling God has placed on your life too.

The Christian life doesn’t begin with who you are becoming, but with who God has already declared you to be in Christ. Out of that secure identity, we are invited to live, obey, and participate in God’s redemptive work.

This Vision Sunday, we ponder the simple but radical truth that Jesus’ sheep know His voice and trust it enough to follow. As a church, our vision is not just to believe in the Shepherd, but to actively engage in listening, obeying, and aligning our lives around the voice that leads to life.

The Church is not a place we attend but a people God gathers to hold fast to hope in Jesus, stir one another up in love, and faithfully meet together—and then send into the world with His authority and presence. Every gathering is meant to refuel our hearts so we leave as a sent people, living life on mission with Jesus.

Jesus is building His Church, not with spectators but with a living and connected body where every part matters. Jesus calls us to step out of the crowd and fully into the life of a member of Christ’s body because, in God’s design, there are no expendable people.

Jesus isn’t building an audience, an event, or a brand—He’s building His church, a living people anchored to the unshakable confession that He is the Christ. In Matthew 16, we discover that the church is not something we attend but something we belong to and participate in, advancing against the very gates of hell. This message calls us out of passive spectatorship and into active, courageous faith—because being the church is more than a seat.

From Genesis to today, Scripture traces a single thread: whether hiding in shame, lost by circumstance, or standing outside in self-righteousness, God is always the One who steps toward His people. The gospel invitation is to stop earning, stop hiding, and surrender—because the Father has already made a way home and is ready to celebrate anyone who comes to Him.

Christmas isn’t a story about humanity reaching up to God, but God humbly stepping into our world. In Luke 2, we see that Jesus was born not just to visit us, but to dwell with us—bringing God’s presence into our brokenness, fear, and everyday lives. This sermon invites us to rediscover Christmas as the story of Immanuel, God near, God with us, and God for us.

Christmas traditions have the power to form faith across generations. This conversation explores how we can cherish meaningful traditions while keeping Jesus central in a season so easily filled with distractions.

Christmas didn’t start in Bethlehem—it started in the Garden of Eden, where humanity was created to dwell with God, and it continued in the tabernacle, where God chose to live among His people despite their sin. The tabernacle and its priests only illustrated limited access to God, pointing forward to something greater. In Jesus, God finally came to dwell with us fully, accomplishing once and for all what every other high priest could only symbolize.

Christmas didn’t start in a manger; it started in a garden. Before shepherds heard angels sing or wise men followed a star, God walked with humanity in the cool of the day. You were created for one breathtaking purpose: to live in the presence of God.

God’s generosity toward us is meant to become the source of our generosity toward others. Paul points to the Macedonian believers as a vivid picture of people so moved by grace that they gave eagerly, even in hardship. When our hearts are captured by God’s love, generosity stops feeling like pressure and starts becoming joy. This message invites us to let His grace overflow through us in how we give and live.

What does a generous, selfless life in Christ look like? Paul sees himself as one disciple of Jesus in a long line of disciples of Jesus and he reminds us that it’s our turn. Listen in to learn how to take your next step!

Money is an area of our lives that can pierce us with grief or testify to our trust in Jesus. What can we learn from a widow's small gift about living a generous life? Listen in to find out!

In this episode, we get to hear Cam Rancudo share in a warm, down-to-earth conversation about developing a Kingdom-minded posture of generosity. Let's see what it means to live open-handed with our time, attention, and God-given gifts.

Our students get the opportunity to stretch their leadership muscles today as they preach through Philippians 1:1-11 about the mind of Christ. Be blessed as you learn what the Lord is teaching these incredible students!

Today we answer some of your questions about Heaven while studying how the apostle Peter tells us to live in light of eternity. 

How do we actually live in the tension between the “already” and the “not yet”? What does it really mean to set our minds on things above instead of the things of this world? Join us as we talk about how letting Heaven capture your focus can let Christ shape your everyday life.

Everybody spends eternity somewhere and Christ is the decisive path. Hear why Jesus says our hearts shouldn't be troubled and what the believer's future will be like.

Join us as guest speaker, Rob Rienow talks about how God uses family relationships and multi-generational disciple-making to impact the world for Christ.

How would you live if you knew exactly when Jesus was returning? Would that knowledge affect your relationships, attitude, and schedule? In the conclusion of our 1 Thessalonians series, the apostle Paul shows us what it looks like to live for eternity.

What do Christians do with things like grief, loss, and pain? The Lord uses the apostle Paul to show us how to grieve well, not as people who are without hope, but as children of God who let the hope of Christ’s return motivate how we live now.

Do I actually believe that Jesus is better? Better than comfort, popularity, or short-sighted pleasures? Learn from the apostle Paul about how the calling on our lives is to be set apart so that the world sees God’s beauty through our holiness.

Paul writes the Thessalonians like a caring shepherd, how can we strengthen and encourage others like that? Because when God captures your heart, love for others and holiness follow.

This sermon shows that the gospel is not a human message but the very power of God — it sustained Paul through persecution, planted a church in Thessalonica in just three weeks, and continues to advance today. Because of that, ordinary people like us are invited to root ourselves in Jesus and join His mission, reaching neighbors and nations with the hope of Christ.

What does a healthy church look like and how can we, by the power of God’s Spirit, multiply more and more healthy congregations? We have much to learn from the infant church in Thessalonica about the heartbeat of the Gospel. Dive in with us!

In this passage, the Lord tells us a lot about who He is, who we are, and what we should do about those things. Join us as guest preacher Dr. Tommy Bailey shares about wisdom, the steadfast love of God, and the Lord establishing the work of our hands.

What’s keeping me from sharing the hope I have in Jesus? How do I conversationally connect the dots to Christ? And what’s my next step to grow in this? Listen in to gain insights on how to have spiritual conversations with your friends or even strangers.

This week’s conversation highlights Paul and Marissa who intentionally build relationships in their neighborhood to share the love of Jesus. You’ll be encouraged that starting faith conversations with neighbors is possible for all of us through Christ's help.

When you follow Jesus, your life is completely transformed. And that transformation should overflow into your relationship with a significant other in several ways. Listen in today to hear more!

In this episode, Pastor Tommy sits down with Jim & Shirley Lauthern, who have shared 69 years of marriage rooted in love, faith, and devotion. They share the keys to a lasting relationship—keeping Christ at the center, having loving honest conversations, and growing together through every season. Their story is a beautiful reminder that a Christ-first marriage is built to last.

If I put my family first, I'll lead them into the desert. If I put the Lord first, I'll lead them into the Promised Land. May we revolve our lives around a consuming love for Jesus Christ.

Faith starts at home. In this episode, our friend, Ron Hunter from D6 Family Ministries, unpacks how to make faith part of your family’s daily rhythm—from mealtimes to meaningful talks about Jesus. Get simple, practical ideas to disciple within the family through these faith conversations together.  

Sometimes we want Jesus to fit into our plans, adhere to our expectations, and adopt our thinking. However, there’s no joy or life there. So if a Christ-centered church is marked by joy, are you? And will you allow Jesus to overwhelm your box with Himself?

The Pharisees accurately called Jesus “the friend of sinners.” How does that claim affect you today and will you respond in the same way Levi did?

Are your greatest needs materialistic, monetary, or physical? The reality is that Jesus knows your greatest need and move directly to it. Don’t let anything stop you from coming to Jesus.