The Austin Stone Podcast

Matt Carter teaches on how to discover your calling from Exodus 31:1-6.

"We go off of the truths that every tribe, tongue, and nation will be there in heaven one day." Paul and Alice, compelled by the love of Jesus in their own lives, left everything they have in order to share the gospel with Muslims and unreached peoples in the Arab Peninsula. Despite their fears, they went with confidence and strength that only God can provide.

Halim Suh prepares us to resume our study in the book of Exodus by teaching on Christ's fulfillment of the Law from Matthew 5:17-19.

Living in inner-city Houston, Corey grew up with an abusive, drug-addicted stepfather who eventually hung himself in the attic of a house. Despite his traumatic childhood, Corey now believes God used this to shape him into the man he is today, and it’s by God’s grace alone that he “made it out.”

Tyler David concludes our "This Matters" series by teaching on why we value covenant membership from 1 John 4:7-12.

“I was basically like a sex slave and a mistress for him.” After being exposed to pornography at a young age, Lorraine found herself wanting to live a life of worldly pleasure. For years she tried to find her fulfillment in sex and in men. Desperate for real love, Lorraine quit college in order to have an affair with a man in Sweden for several months. When that relationship painfully ended, Lorraine was left at her breaking point, searching for a way out.

Matt Carter continues our "This Matters" series by teaching on why we baptize from Matthew 3:13-17.

“I remember that fear gripped me, I knew what was coming. I remember thinking please, God, don’t let it happen. And it happened anyway.”As a child, Danielle experienced the trauma of sexual and physical abuse that distorted her view of God’s love. After having two children as a teenager, another in her twenties, and experiencing a handful of broken relationships, she was at the point of giving up.But Jesus intervened—giving her a new life, and teaching her about true forgiveness found in Him.  

Matt Carter continues our "This Matters" series by teaching on why we take the Lord's Supper from 1 Corinthians 11:24-26.

“If God is so loving, then why would He smite me with albinism?”Born with albinism and legally blind, Jimmie grew up in a small Oklahoma town where people constantly ridiculed him for the way he looked. This led him to despise God and search for his identity in music and drugs.By the grace of God and through a discipleship relationship with an ex-drug dealer, Jimmie experienced the love and forgiveness of Jesus, and his life changed forever.