Y'all Saints: Recent Episodes
All Saints Presbyterian Church, Brentwood, TN
Weekly podcast for the members and guests of All Saints Presbyterian Church, Brentwood, TN. All Saints Presbyterian Church is a member congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
Season 3 concludes with a discussion of the Henry Lyte hymn, "Abide with Me: Fast Falls the Eventide."
Season 3 continues with a discussion of the Anne Steele hymn, "Dear Refuge of my Weary Soul".
Season 3 continues (finally!) with a consideration of the Horatio Spafford hymn, "It Is Well with My Soul".
Season 3 continues with a consideration of the Samuel Stone hymn, "The Church's One Foundation".
Season 3 continues with a consideration of Martin Luther's "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", Hymn 92 in the Trinity Hymnal.
Season 3 continues with a consideration of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius' "Of the Father's Love Begotten", Hymn 162 in the Trinity Hymnal.
Season 3 continues with a consideration of Timothy Dwight's "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord", Hymn 353 in the Trinity Hymnal.
Season 3 picks up again with a consideration of Frances Havergal's "Take My Life and Let It Be", Hymn 585 in the Trinity Hymnal.
Join the gang as we continue Season 3 with a consideration of Robert Robinson's "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing", Hymn 457 in the Trinity Hymnal.
Join the gang as we open Season 3 with a consideration of John Newton's "Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder", Hymn 172 in the Trinity Hymnal.
This final episode is actually the audio from a Sunday school class that Pastor Matt taught on the same subject while Pastor Nathan was teaching the three-week series in July of 2023. The subject is one that is important for all members to understand, and this class was intended to capture some of those folks who don't have little ones in our congregation. We think it would be helpful for everyone to give it a listen, though!
Join us for our third episode in our Nursery of Faith series as we consider Sunday mornings, in particular? What does it look like to "parent in the pew"?
A special episode in which we interview our friend Andrew from Rwanda about his ministry in Rwanda and work with ELI (Equipping Leaders International).
Join us in this second episode as we consider how parents can prepare themselves and their children during the week so that they are ready to worship well on Sunday. We also discuss using the order of worship, the family worship guide, and our Wednesday email as resources each week.
Join Matt, Nathan, Jen, and Sarah as we discuss raising our children up to be worshipers of God. In this first episode, we focus on what's at stake and why we believe children should participate in the worship service with adults.
Join the team as we talk about what makes All Saints distinctive among other PCA churches.
Join the team as we tell you a little bit about how All Saints was planted, our staff and leadership, our vision, values, ministries, and our hopes for the future.
Join the team as we discuss church membership - is it biblical? Why should you join the church? Who can join a PCA church (like All Saints) and how do you join?
Join the team as we talk about the distinctives that make a person or a church presbyterian.
Pastors Matt Bradley, Jason Piland, and Jim Curtis, along with Ruling Elders JD Stuart and Jay Hollis, discuss Thursday's work, including significant overtures and votes, and put a wrap on the 50th General Assembly.
Ruling Elders Jay Hollis and JD Stuart are joined by pastors Mitchell Carter and Jim Curtis to discuss the work and worship of Tuesday and Wednesday at this year's General Assembly. They also explain Pastor Matt's excused absence.
Pastors Matt Bradley, Jason Piland, Jim Curtis, and Jared Nelson discuss Monday's work at this year's General Assembly, including the Overtures Committee.
Join Matt, Nathan, and Jen as they introduce the Minor Prophet Hosea!
This episode was recorded out of order due to circumstances in Nashville in the Spring of 2023.
The gang discusses Proverbs - how should we read it? Can we find Christ in Proverbs? Enjoy!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Nathan discuss Christ's office of King - where do we find it in Scripture? What does it mean for us that Christ is our King?
The gang takes up the question of Christ's priesthood in this second installment of the three part series on Christ's threefold office.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen take up the subject of Christ as prophet, especially focused on the OT pointing to Christ as our prophet, and how Christ executes that office in his earthly ministry and now as our prophet in heaven.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen walk through the major themes of Genesis and also the question of creation days.
Daniel is one of the Old Testament Major Prophets and we'll be tarting a Sunday evening sermon series in Daniel in two weeks. Join Matt, Nathan, and Jen as they provide an introduction to the book of Daniel.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen dive into the Valley of Dry Bones passage in Ezekiel and how it relates to God's promises to us.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen cover a basic introduction to the Letter to the Hebrews - who wrote it, when, to whom, etc. Enjoy!
In episode 3 of our second season, we wrestle with the narrative of Numbers 21 and the bronze serpent, looking to Christ's teaching in John 3:14 as out key to interpretation. Enjoy!
Join Matt, Nathan, and Jen as we consider the narrative of the sacrifice of Isaac from Genesis 22 as we consider what we learn about Christ and the work of redemption from the narrative.
Season 2 | Episode 1
Join Matt, Nathan, and Jen as we kick off season 2, unpacking the story of David and Mephibosheth from 2 Samuel 9 as we consider what we learn about Christ and the work of redemption from the narrative.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen discuss the rock that was struck in Exodus 20 as a type of Christ.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Nate are joined by Ruling Elder Jay Hollis to wrap up our discussion of the symbol of bread in Scripture and how it points to Christ.
Join us this week as Ruling Elder Jay Hollis and Pastor Matt explore how God uses the image of bread throughout the Old Testament and how it points to Christ. We'll be doing a follow-up episode looking at the same in the New Testament in the near future.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen conclude their three part series on church membership, considering particularly the questions surrounding moving your membership - good and bad reasons for moving your membership, how you should go about it if you must, and how you should go about finding a new church when you need to.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen continue their discussion on church membership, focused this week on the benefits and obligations of church membership.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen discuss church membership. Is the practice of joining a church and becoming a member biblical? This is part one of a three part series.
What is evangelism? Why should we evangelize? How should we evangelize? What are some of the challenges and misconceptions? All Saints members Will Ayers and Billy King join Pastor Matt on this episode to explore these questions and encourage all of us to be ready and eager to share the good news of salvation.
What is church discipline? Why do we do it? How do we do it? Pastor Matt is joined by Pastor Nathan and Jen Broad as we discuss this difficult topic and hopefully shed some light on this mark of the true church!
In this brief episode Pastor Matt walks through the books he's using and recommends for studying Ephesians, devotional books on The Lord's Prayer, and some of the books he's reading on for fun and for spiritual nourishment.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Nathan are joined by Jen Broad as the three of us discuss the importance of biblical repentance.
Matt, Nathan, and Jen discuss what Covenant Theology is briefly before considering many ways in which it serves us well in our ministry and helps us read the Scripture more effectively.
Join Pastor Matt and Pastors Jason Helopoulos and Mitchel Carter as they discuss the blessings and challenges of family worship.
Join Matt, Nathan, and Jen as they introduce Paul's Letter to the Ephesians.
If you would like to spend more time learning about the introductory issues of Ephesians or to follow along as we preach through the letter using a commentary, we recommend the following resources...
Introduction Volumes:
- An Introduction to the New Testament by DA Carson | And excellent volume with one chapter introducing each book of the New Testament from a trustworthy New Testament scholar.
- New Testament Introduction by Donald Guthrie | The same sort of work as Carson's, but by a different scholar.
Commentaries (from lightest to more in depth):
- Let's Study Ephesians by Sinclair Ferguson
- ESV Expository Commentary Volume 11: Ephesians-Philemon by Iain Duguid (pronounced DO-good)
- The Letter to the Ephesians by Peter O'Brien (Pillar New Testament Commentary)
Matt is joined by Nathan and Jen to discuss wandering in Judges, in Scripture, and what spiritual truth it points to in our lives and the church. How do we avoid or cure spiritual wandering?
Pastor Matt is joined by Pastors Jason Helopoulos and Mitchell Carter to recap the final day of the General Assembly.
The Overtures that came to the floor through overtures committee were answered as follows (see final words on each line):
2021-19. Pacific Northwest – Amend BCO 38-1; 42-2 Affirmative
2021-20. Pacific Northwest – Amend BCO 31-10; 33-4 24 Affirmative/Amended
2021-21. Pacific Northwest – Amend BCO 42-6 Affirmative
2021-34. Pacific Northwest – Amend BCO 38-1 Refer back to Pacific Northwest
2021-35. Pacific Northwest – Amend BCO 38-1 Affirmative/Amended
2021-40. Tennessee Valley – Amend BCO 32-13; 35-1; 35-5 29 Affirmative/Amended
2021-41. Tennessee Valley – Amend BCO 35-1 Ref. to 50th GA
2. Tennessee Valley – Amend BCO 22-3 Negative
6. Nashville – Amend BCO 31-10; 33-4 Ref. to O-2021-20
7. Nashville – Amend BCO 42-6 Ref. to O-2021-21
8. Houston Metro – Amend BCO 33-1; 34-1 Affirmative/Amended
9. Calvary – Amend BCO 34-1 Ref. to O-8
11. Korean Capital – Amend BCO 25-2.e Negative
12. Hills and Plains – Amend BCO 16 Ref. to O-29
13. Ascension – Petition to End Abortion Affirmative/Amended
14. Westminster – Amend BCO 15-4; RAO 17-1 Negative
15. Westminster – Amend BCO 7 Affirmative/Amended
16. TE Ted Lester – Amend BCO 25-2 Negative
17. TE Ted Lester – Amend BCO 32-3 Negative
19. Northwest Georgia – Amend BCO 15-2 Negative
20. Northwest Georgia – Amend BCO 16 Ref. to O-29
21. Northwest Georgia – Amend BCO 43-2; 43-3 Affirmative/Amended
23. Southeast Alabama – Amend BCO 16 Ref. to O-29
24. Houston Metro – Amend RAO 11-2; 11-10 Affirmative
25. Houston Metro – Amend BCO 15-1; 15-3 Affirmative/Amended
26. Potomac – Statement on Political Violence Negative
27. Potomac – Amend BCO 15-1; 15-3 Ref. to Action to O-25
28. Pittsburgh – Amend BCO 8-7 Affirmative/Amended
29. Pittsburgh – Amend BCO 16 Affirmative/Amended
30. Pittsburgh – Amend BCO 6-5; 20-3; 25-1 Refer back to Pittsburgh
31. Pittsburgh –Amend BCO 21-4; 24-1 Affirmative/Amended
32. Tennessee Valley – Amend RAO 8-4 Negative
33. Nashville – Human Sexuality Report Ref. O-29
34. Metro Atlanta – Human Sexuality Report Ref. O-29
35. North Florida – Human Sexuality Report Ref. O-29
41. Bethel Church – Declare CRT Flawed Postpone Indefinitely
42. Bethel Church – Forbid Participation in Political Groups Negative
Pastor Matt is joined by Ruling Elders Jay Hollis and JD Stuart as well as special guest Pastor Nate Shurden of Cornerstone Presbyterian, Franklin, TN, to recap the Wednesday business of General Assembly.
Pastor Matt is joined by Jason Helopoulos for a recap of the Tuesday business at the General Assembly.
Matt and Nathan are joined this evening by Jared Nelson and Adam Parker to discuss Monday of GA. If it gets too long here's the tl;dr: Monday was a good day!
Matt and Jen have a conversation with our newest volunteer staff member, Libby Ayers, about what she'll be doing and how we hope it will grow and strengthen our ministry at All Saints.
Join Matt, Nathan, and Jen as they work their way through the narrative of David and Goliath, asking how we can see Christ and his work.
I know, I know - not terribly exciting for most, but what happens at General Assembly is important in the life of our church.
In this episode, Matt, Nathan, and Jen discuss the key issues at the upcoming General Assembly. Matt steals Nathan's joke and Jen receives thunderous applause.
With our annual denominational meeting coming up, Pastor Matt explains what General Assembly is and how it works.
Ruling Elder Jay Hollis joins Matt and Nathan as they unpack what Christ is revealing about himself by turning the water into wine at the wedding at Cana.
Pastors Matt and Nathan are joined by Jen Broad as we discuss whether or not Jephthah actually offered his daughter as a burnt offering and what the conclusion has to do with the gospel.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Nathan introduce the new podcast for All Saints Presbyterian Church.
If you have an idea for the show name, please send it along to Pastor Matt (mbradley@allsaintspres.net).
Likewise if you have an idea for a topic you'd like us to discuss on a future show!
Intro/Outtro music is coming soon!