The Austin Stone Podcast

Halim Suh kicks off our 45-week series through the book of Hebrews by considering what it means to have a God who speaks and for Christ to be the culmination of everything He has and will ever say.

Kevin Peck leads us in the final week of our God & Money series by looking at how our generosity connects us to indestructible and multiplying joy.

Ross Lester examines Philippians 4:11–13 and walks through a few principles of godly money management.

Halim Suh leads us to consider the worship money demands, the trap that it sets, and how to escape its power and temptation.

Ross Lester looks at Luke 12:15-34 to show how everything we have comes from God, belongs to God, and provides an opportunity to worship God.

Ross Lester leads us to reflect on the truth that every human being is made in the image of God, and considers the implications and applications of this biblical conviction.

Andy Kampman spends time walking through Matthew 6:10 to consider what the coming of God’s kingdom can look like in our own lives, in Austin, and among the nations.

Donovan Golden looks at what it truly means for us to hear God and His Word, and what it means to fully see and understand what God has for us.

Ross Lester leads our Christmas Eve broadcast by looking at what the family line of Jesus, the sorts of friends He chose to hang out with, and the types of followers He entrusted to carry His message tell us about the people He came for.

Ross Lester considers what it means that Jesus is God and leads us to remember that even in His humble humanity, He maintained His divinity and still has it today.

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Greg Breazeale looks at Nehemiah 13 where we see that things aren’t as they should be, that we must take action, and that there’s a greater Nehemiah coming.

Ross Lester walks through Nehemiah 11 and 12 to remind us that we have a God who knows our names, sees our service and sacrifice, and hears our praise.

Halim Suh spends time examining what it looks like when the renewed people of God commit themselves to covenant obedience to God.

Ross Lester looks at Nehemiah 9 to show how a life of true faith is a life of repentance and how repentance requires a clear view of God and of self.

Ross Lester looks at Nehemiah 8:1-18 to show how the people of God are called to center their lives on the Word of God.

Halim Suh looks at Nehemiah 7:5-73 to show us how our worship, names, and stories matter to God.

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.

Halim Suh walks through Matthew 28:11-15 and looks at how the good news of the gospel and the power of the resurrection promise us a better inheritance than any sum of money ever could.

Ross Lester opens Matthew 28:1-10 and looks at how the resurrection offers a resilient hope when we don’t know where we fit, when we don’t know what to believe, when we don’t know what we’re made to do, when we don’t know who or what to worship, and when we’re facing the reality of the tomb.

Jimmy McNeal looks at the costly trade that occurred in Matthew 27:11-44 and how it paved the way for an even greater exchange—Jesus becoming our sin so that we might become the righteousness of God.

Join Halim Suh as he examines Matthew 27:1-10 and looks at the contrasts of Judas versus Peter, the chief priests of Israel versus the true and better High Priest, and the evil men in their planning versus the good sovereignty of God in His plan.

Ross Lester looks at the motivation, progression, pain, and response of Jesus to Peter’s denial in Matthew 26:69-75.

Greg Breazeale looks at Jesus' trial in Matthew 26:57-68 and highlights what this passage shows us about our King—He is the Christ, He is the judge, and He is the Lamb.

Matt Blackwell looks at Jesus’ response to Judas, Peter, and the crowd's reaction to His arrest and how, in each moment, His character and determination to obey the Father’s will is put on display.

Halim Suh continues in our series, The Cross of Christ, by looking at Jesus’ time in the Garden of Gethsemane detailed in Matthew 26:36-46.