The Austin Stone Podcast

Ross Lester walks through Matthew 26:14-35 and looks at Judas’ story to show the essence of our sin and how Jesus is still faithful to those who can’t be fully faithful to Him.

Halim Suh looks at Matthew 26:1-13 and leads us through the story of Mary of Bethany’s anointing of Jesus.

Kevin Peck looks at Revelation 5:1-14 and walks through the reasons God calls us to reach the nations and how we’re to love them—no matter where we live.

Ross Lester opens the Scriptures to examine God’s call for His people to draw near to the most vulnerable and to care for them with steadfast compassion, selfless sacrifice, and hearts full of mercy.

Matt Blackwell looks at three foundational statements to help us understand how God views our work—God made work good, sin has frustrated work, and Christ’s work is redeeming work.

Jimmy McNeal examines Romans 1:16-17 and shares that in order to love a booming city, we must be bold and unashamed in our sharing of the gospel to those around us.

Ross Lester kicks off our new series, Boomtown, by looking at how if we want to be a church that’s for our city, we first need to be a people who are for the church.

Andy Kampman examines Psalm 63:1-4 and details how prayer is one of the best ways we can receive more intimacy with God.

Matt Blackwell walks through Psalm 19 and outlines three ways God speaks—through His creation, through His Word, and through His Son.

Ross Lester walks through Psalm 1 and looks at how the pursuit of happiness is an act of joyful rebellion, that it means refusing what others won’t refuse, and how it means choosing what others won’t choose.

Ross Lester walks through the Scriptures to examine how we can truly behold our King Jesus, God with Us, this Christmas.

Ross Lester walks through the Scriptures to examine how Jesus meets us in our weakness, saves us from that weakness, and welcomes us in spite of our weakness.

Ross Lester walks through the Scriptures to examine two ways we can miss out on beholding Christ—to look at him and appreciate Him for all that He is—and one way to properly respond once we do.

Halim Suh leads us through Matthew 25:31-46 to examine the great day of judgment and encourages us to consider three things—the Judge, the judgment, and the invitation.

Will Bostian examines Matthew 25:14-30 and shares about how our faith in Jesus means more than just being prepared to wait—it should change how we invest our time and resources while we’re in the waiting.

Matt Blackwell examines Matthew 24:15-51 and highlights three main themes in the text—waiting for Jesus’ coming will be hard because the suffering will be serious, He will come back for us, and we need to be ready when He does.

Ross Lester walks through Matthew 24:1-14 and outlines three important truths—God knows the future and we can trust Him when things look like they’re out of control, there will be a sudden and bodily return of Christ, and we should eagerly long for His return.

Will Bostian teaches from Matthew 23:27-29 to lead us through the third part of the Hope for The Hypocrite series on Jesus weeping over Jerusalem.

Halim Suh leads us through Matthew 23:13-36 to examine the seven woes Jesus speaks over the teachers of the law and the Pharisees.

Jimmy McNeal kicks off the new series, Hope for the Hypocrite, by walking through Matthew 23:1-12 and digging into humility and how it shows us we are not God, that we need Him, and that our ultimate aim is to reflect Christ.

Ross Lester wraps up our Reviving Love series by walking through Acts 6:1-7 and outlining what it means for the church to truly care about others and how it can faithfully do so in light of the gospel.

Ross Lester walks through Acts 5:1-16 and examines the holiness of God and how He calls us to holiness as His church.

Ross Lester continues our Reviving Love series by examining Acts 4 and outlining what it means for us to have reviving boldness.

Matt Blackwell walks through Acts 2:42-47 and outlines four themes of revived community.

Halim Suh examines Acts 2:36-41 during week three of our Reviving Love series to examine the need, the heart, the act, and the goal of repentance.

Aaron Ivey continues in our Reviving Love series by looking at Acts 1:12-14 and examining the importance of devoted prayer.

Ross Lester kicks off our Reviving Love series by looking at the source that sparked the early church—the power of the precious Holy Spirit—and examining what that God-given empowerment means for us today.

Halim Suh examines Matthew 22:41-46 and shows how Jesus seeks to replace our false, incomplete, and inadequate views of who He is with the truth of what He’s actually like.

Matt Blackwell digs into Matthew 22:34-40 to examine the greatest commandment and outline how Jesus is calling us to be a people growing in love for God that in turn produces a love for others.

Ross Lester continues our series, The Gospel of Matthew, by looking at Matthew 22:23-33 and exploring how we should humbly obey and hope in our eternal covenant-keeping God.

Matt Blackwell examines Matthew 22:15-22 to show us how Jesus discerns the intentions of our questions, teaches with wisdom beyond the world, and is worthy of our more than our marveling.

Andy Kampman examines Habakkuk 3:17-19 and dives into how God calls us to put all our hope and joy in Him—even when everything around us is falling apart.

Tyler David walks through Matthew 22:1-14 to examine the Parable of the Wedding Feast.

Ross Lester spends time walking through the historical Parable of the Tenants in Matthew 21:33-43 and shares five broad principles on Jesus’ authority in our lives.

Joey Shaw examines 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 and explores how, as Christ’s captive servants, God is calling us to offer our lives as a sacrifice of worship in the pursuit of His mission.

Will Bostian leads us through Matthew 21:28-32 to show how both the good things and the bad things in our lives can keep us from the repentance that is required to follow Jesus.

Matt Blackwell examines Matthew 21:23-27 to answer the question, “Where does authority come from?”

Ross Lester dives into Matthew 21:18-22 and examines how Jesus condemns fruitless pretense and empowers faith-filled dependence.

Aaron Ivey continues in our series, The Gospel of Matthew, as he examines Matthew 21:12-17, the story of Jesus cleansing the temple at Passover.

Matt Blackwell explores Matthew 20:29–34 and digs deeper into the miracle of Jesus healing the blind men.

Halim Suh explores Matthew 20:17-28 and shares a beautiful and important message on serving others.

Ross Lester opens up the Scriptures with us to hear what the Lord has to say from Matthew 19:30-20:16.

Ross Lester explores the story of the rich, young ruler from Matthew 19:16-29.

Halim Suh teaches through Matthew 19:1-12 on God’s plan for marriage and what He has to say about divorce.

Ross Lester will lead us through Matthew 18:21-35 and share on forgiveness and what it means for us to truly honor and obey the word of God in its entirety.

Halim Suh teaches from Matthew 18:15-20 and expounds on God’s desire for us to be mercifully restored through Him.

For Easter 2021, Ross Lester preaches a sermon on Jesus Christ, our Living Hope.

Ross Lester preaches on the topic “The King on a Colt,” as we begin Holy Week and look ahead to our celebration of Easter.

Matt Blackwell preaches through Matthew 18:7-9 with a message on the realities of temptations and how to resist them.

Halim Suh explores Matthew 18:1-6 and what true greatness looks like in the eyes of Christ.