Podcast
AMEN PODCAST
Hosted by Alex and Lokelani Wilson · EN
Preaching the good news of Jesus Christ and how it applies to everyday life. amenpodcast.com
amenpodcast.substack.com
amenpodcast.substack.com
42episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
To Live is Christ
2w ago00:47:42Tap to summarizePaul wrote “to live is Christ, to die is gain” from a prison cell, not knowing if he’d live or die. And he was still steady, joyful, and free. In this episode we walk through Philippians 1:19-26 and unpack what it actually looks like to live that way, where Jesus is so much of your life that nothing, not even death, can shake you. We get into the fill-in-the-blank that exposes what you’re really living for, what it means to magnify Christ as a telescope to the church and a microscope to the world, and the grace that does the work in you so you stop white-knuckling your way into loving God.After the Amen question: In what area of your life does Christ need to be magnified?Donate: amenpodcast.com/donatestudy guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1panX8cYLFuG4EuSkZmmYjngx8wLUuJN8/view?usp=sharinge This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
How to Handle Frustrations
3w ago00:40:26Tap to summarizePaul was in prison. People were preaching against him just to make his life harder. And he was still full of joy. How?In this episode of the Amen Podcast, Alex and Lokelani jump back into our Philippians “Stress Less” series with chapter 1:12-18, an episode we’re calling FRUSTRATIONS. Because let’s be real, you’re frustrated with someone or something right now. A difficult season. A difficult person. Plans that got shut down. A baby that won’t sleep. A coworker climbing the ladder at your expense.STUDY GUIDE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b-dMfFmISf30NKg3sJ0ChlT76X0Z3wIt/view?usp=sharingPaul knew that feeling. And he shows us that the very thing frustrating you is the thing God is using to advance His kingdom.In this episode we talk about: • Why we actually NEED frustrations (and what they’re doing in us) • Why difficult PEOPLE last longer than difficult TIMES • The Matthew 7 plank-in-your-eye principle and how it kills frustration at the root • Why people use God to climb the ladder of fame (Mike Tyson, Theo Von, Steven Furtick conversation included) • A powerful picture from Pilgrim’s Progress (Feeble Mind & Ready-to-Halt) • Why our culture says “ghost them, quit, move, medicate” and why the gospel says something better • Lokelani on why she welcomes the suffering of having a big family in a culture that treats kids like a burdenIf Christ is being proclaimed, even through your hardest season, nothing can ultimately frustrate you.📖 Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18 🎙️ Series: Stress Less (Philippians)After the Amen Question: What are the frustrations in your life that God is using to advance His kingdom? Drop your answer in the comments. We read them.SUPPORT THE MINISTRY 💛 Donate: amenpodcast.com/donate 💸 Venmo: @amenpodcast 💸 Cash App: $amenalexHOUSE CHURCH KAUAI 🌐 housechurchkauai.com #AmenPodcast #Philippians #StressLess #ReformedTheology #ChristianPodcast #BibleStudy #Frustration #Joy This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
holy aesthetic
May 1000:26:52Tap to summarizeEveryone talks about aesthetic. Your feed, your room, your coffee shop, your fit. But there’s a Greek word in the Bible that only shows up one time in the entire New Testament, and it might change the way you see your whole life.In this episode of Amen Podcast, Pastor Alex and Lokelani Wilson walk through Philippians 1 verses 9 through 11 and unpack what Paul actually prayed for the church. Spoiler: it’s not about how your life looks. It’s about what you can see.We talk about the difference between feeling something is off and knowing something is off, why love without knowledge falls apart, why knowledge without love falls apart, and the two questions that will help you discern almost any decision you face.Plus, Lokelani shares what she’s discerning two days from her due date with baby number seven.STUDY GUIDE:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aj-3GgGybbxqnMuhH9M-69V54QAn1yqt/view?usp=share_linkSupport the ministry: Donate: amenpodcast.com/donate Venmo: @amenpodcast Cash App: $amenalexListen to Amen Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amen-podcast Spotify: Subscribe on YouTube: Amen Podcast: https://youtube.com/@amenpodcast House Church 808: https://youtube.com/@housechurch808Listen to House Church with Alex Wilson: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/house-church Spotify: House Church Kauai: housechurchkauai.comFollow us: Instagram: @amenpodcast Want to know more about Jesus or have questions about this episode? Send us a DM. We read every one. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
God’s Work
May 300:39:06Tap to summarizeHow God’s Work In You Will Never Stop (Philippians 1:3-8)Paul is on house arrest in Rome. Ten years removed from the Philippians. Awaiting a trial that could end his life. And when he picks up his pen to write to this little church in Macedonia, the first word out of his mouth isn’t fear. It’s joy.This week we’re in Part 2 of the Stress Less series, walking through Philippians 1:3-8 and unpacking three distinct works of God: what He has done FOR us in salvation, what He is doing IN us through sanctification, and what He is doing THROUGH us in compassion for the body of Christ.We also dig into why your local church isn’t a nice-to-have, why supplemental ministries like Amen Podcast only function well when believers are rooted in a Bible-teaching congregation, and how the Philippians’ partnership in the gospel made Paul’s imprisonment fruitful instead of futile.Stick around for After the Amen, where Lokelani shares how this passage connects to motherhood, sanctification through serving others, and the joy of watching God work in the people around you.Grab your Bible. Open to Philippians 1. Let’s go.STUDY GUIDE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nuKp-6VQ_D5ZF487_rjbUpavmabTzBdu/view?usp=sharingDONATE: https://amenpodcast.com/donate This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
UNSURPRISED
Apr 2500:52:06Tap to summarizeStress Less PT. 1Paul wrote Philippians from a prison cell. The whole letter is about joy. How?Welcome to Episode 1 of our new series, Stress Less: How the Cross is the Cure for Anxiety. We’re walking through the book of Philippians verse by verse to show you that you don’t have to live surprised by every hard thing that hits you.In this episode, Alex unpacks Philippians 1:1-2 and shows three things that kept Paul calm in chains:* His Master* His Mission* His MannerYour master determines your manner. Your mission reveals your master. If you’ve ever been blindsided by suffering or shocked at how broken the world is, this series is for you.Free study guide https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ha9YyJzR3Wvll3A5JCCSqF-r7qzDz7CA/view?usp=share_linkListen to more sermons from House Church Kauai on the House Church Podcast, available everywhere.Support the ministry: https://amenpodcast.comVenmo: @amenpodcast Cash App: $amenalexNew episodes every Saturday. Like, subscribe, and share with a friend.Scripture: Philippians 1:1-2, Acts 16, Matthew 11:28-30, John 15#AmenPodcast #StressLess #Philippians #BibleStudy #Anxiety This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
The Authority of Christ
Apr 1800:37:41Tap to summarizeWe spent years in Matthew. And it ends here — not with a theology lecture, but with eleven doubting disciples on a mountain, a risen Jesus who doesn’t rebuke them, and a commission that changed the world.STUDY GUIDE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nkkLG3gMG6BC7PHbM8Lm9NHdX0VMDQr6/view?usp=share_linkMatthew 28:16–20 is the final exhale of the greatest story ever told. And the thing that hits hardest isn’t the Great Commission itself — it’s who Jesus gives it to. Doubters. Men who walked with Him for three years, watched Him die, heard the women say He was alive, and still showed up to that mountain unsure of what they were even looking at.And Jesus says: All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go.In this episode we ask the question nobody wants to sit with — what is doubt actually costing you? Not just spiritually. In your marriage, your calling, your obedience, your worship. Because doubt isn’t neutral. If doubt takes root, death still reigns. Whatever you’re doubting God about — that thing has taken the throne. And the only cure isn’t more effort. It’s looking at the authority of Christ and saying to everything else: you’re not my dad.We also get into the Trinity — why Jesus is equal in divinity but subordinate in function, what it means that a human being is seated on the throne right now, and why the resurrection is the proof that the one with all authority over your life actually loves you and wasn’t forced.We close with the commission: Go. Baptize. Make disciples. Teach. And the promise underneath all of it — I am with you always, to the end of the age.This is the end of Matthew. And it’s just the beginning.📖 Scripture: Matthew 28:16–20 📚 References: Ray Ortlund, John Piper, 1 Corinthians 15, Romans, Ephesians 2:8–9🎙️ New episode every week | Verse-by-verse through the Bible 🏠 House Church Podcast housechurchkauai.com: available everywhere 💛 Support us ad-free: amenpodcast.com | Venmo: @amenpodcast | Cash App: $amenalex This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
IMMOVABLE
Apr 1200:42:19Tap to summarizeThe religious leaders just heard the news — Jesus is risen. So they bribe the guards, spread a lie, and use every political connection they have to bury it.None of it works.In this episode we’re in Matthew 28:11–15 looking at three ways people try to move God — bribery, dishonesty, and policy — and why every single one fails. Because you cannot stop what God has already done.If God is immovable, then in Christ, neither are you.FREE EPISODE STUDY GUIDE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qZLhLS1UDeuIDtlhr-AG36UQa9YGmgKt/view?usp=share_linkListen, support and study more at amenpodcast.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
What the empty tomb means 2000 years later
Apr 700:31:33Tap to summarizeThe tomb is empty. That changes everything.On the first Easter morning, two women showed up looking for a funeral — and got invited to a party. In this message from Matthew 28:1-10, we unpack three things the empty tomb means for your life today: you’re invited (not out of obligation, but love), God doesn’t just intervene — He gets involved, and His love for you is invincible.If the tomb lacks a body, you lack nothing.📖 Text: Matthew 28:1–10 🎙️ Amen Podcast — expository preaching through the Gospel of MatthewSupport the show: 💻 amenpodcast.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
NOTHING IS WASTED
Mar 2900:39:23Tap to summarizeMATTHEW 27:62-66 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →
Following Jesus Fully Devoted
Mar 2100:37:18Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Alex walks through Matthew 27:57-61 and shows us three pictures of devotion from one of the most overlooked passages in the crucifixion story. Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, and the two Marys weren’t doing anything spectacular. They were just doing what was right in front of them — and God was working through all of it in ways they couldn’t see.If you’ve ever felt like your faithfulness doesn’t matter because it’s not big or bold or public, this one is for you.In this episode:* Why Joseph risked everything to ask Pilate for Jesus’s body* What the myrrh reveals about following Jesus in the mundane* Why sitting outside a tomb is one of the most powerful acts of devotion in Scripture* How to follow Jesus even when you can’t see where He’s leading📖 Passage: Matthew 27:57–61 (ESV)🎙️ Listen to Amen Podcast everywhere you get your podcasts 🌐 amenpodcast.com 💛 Support us on Venmo: @amenpodcast | Cash App: $amenalex 📲 Follow us on Instagram for daily contentIf this blessed you, share it with a friend who needs to hear it. And leave us a rating and review — it helps us reach more people.Until then, go out and be the church. 🙏 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amenpodcast.substack.com
Transcribe →