Mercy Culture

Todd White sits down with Heather Schott on Holy Disruption to tell the story most people have never heard in full — drug addiction from age 12, a homicide-suicide threat to his own family, getting shot at from ten feet away, and the exact moment "sin consciousness" was replaced by "son consciousness." Twenty-one years later, he's still burning — sharing the gospel on every ski lift, every gondola, every grocery line.

This is a raw, unfiltered conversation about why Christians are afraid to witness, what it actually costs to be free from shame, and why your testimony isn't optional — it's the glory God is owed.

In this compelling message, Pastor Sean Gleason explores what it truly means to wage war against the demonic spirit of mammon, drawing from Matthew 19 and Matthew 6. He unpacks the truth that mammon is not just money, it is a spiritual master that competes directly for your love for God, and that you reveal what you truly love by what you obey. Pastor Sean challenges believers to stop rationalizing disobedience in the area of finances and to recognize that the same spirit that kept the rich young ruler from following Jesus is the same spirit keeping many believers from fully surrendering to the Lord today.

Pastor Sean warns that mammon operates on both ends of the spectrum, through the prosperity gospel that makes money the point of the Christian life, and through the poverty gospel that finds spiritual pride in lack. He calls the church to reject both ditches and to walk in radical, joyful obedience through generosity, because generosity is not just a spiritual discipline, it is a warfare strategy that expands the kingdom of God and cuts off the enemy's supply line.

This message challenges believers to tithe first as an act of declaring God as their first priority, to stop letting their bank statement determine whether they obey God, and to understand that mammon will never satisfy because only the Prince of Peace can meet the deepest needs of the human heart.

The vision of Mercy Culture is to take people from corporate encounters with God to daily personal encounters with God.

At Mercy Culture, one of our unique characteristics is that we are a presence driven church. We are not built around any person or ministry. We are built around the presence of God. Each week, you will hear a teaching from our Lead Pastors, Sean and Natalie Gleason or another leader in our community.

To learn more about Mercy Culture, visit https://mercyculturewaco.com

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In The War Against Israel, Pastor Chris Cheema exposes the spiritual battle behind the historic and ongoing hatred of the Jewish people. Through Revelation 12 and the biblical story of Israel, he confronts antisemitism, deception, and attempts to erase Israel’s covenant identity while calling the Church to understand God’s Word, stand against hatred, pray for Israel, and proclaim salvation through Jesus. Ultimately, the message points to the return of Jesus as King and the fulfillment of God’s promises.

In this powerful message, “Don’t Tolerate Jezebel,” we explore spiritual warfare, discernment, and the battle for our will. Discover how fear, manipulation, intimidation, control, and covetousness can pull us away from God—and how repentance, truth, biblical community, prayer, and intimacy with God lead to freedom.

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Pastor Clay teaches that strongholds aren’t meant to be managed, but demolished. Through the renewing of our minds, daily encounters with God, and replacing lies with the truth of His Word, we can stop agreeing with what Jesus has already defeated and walk in the freedom He has given us.

Landon made a vow to God that he would never pastor. It almost cost him Mercy Culture.

In this episode of Spiritual Leadership, Pastor Landon Schott exposes inner vows — the self-made promises that decide what you'll do before God ever speaks. He opens with the vow that nearly kept him out of his calling ("I will never pastor"), the drive through Fort Worth where God answered, "You said that, I didn't," and the 40-day fast that finally broke it.

This episode includes a guided prayer of repentance, five practical steps to break inner vows, and listener Q&A on vows, forgiveness, leading a spouse, and the difference between learning from mistakes and telling God never.

Pastor Will Ford teaches that joy is a spiritual weapon that keeps us standing after deliverance and helps us hold the territory God has given us. Through Scripture and powerful examples, he shows that joy is a choice—not a feeling—and that praise is not just the celebration after victory, but the strategy that leads us through the battle. Pastor Will challenges believers to guard their joy, practice gratitude, and discover lasting joy by choosing what pleases the Lord.

In this compelling message, Pastor Sean Gleason explores what it truly means to fight mental warfare as spiritual warfare, drawing from Mark 9 and 2 Corinthians 10. He unpacks the truth that much of spiritual warfare begins in the mind, and that what culture calls mental illness, the Bible often calls demonic. Pastor Sean challenges believers to stop waging war in the flesh through medication, diagnosis, new age practices, or other substitutes, and to pick up the spiritual weapons that God has given them.

Pastor Sean shares his own powerful testimony of years of depression, suicidal thoughts, and torment from childhood, culminating in a miraculous deliverance while simply encountering God in a daily moment of worship and prayer. He challenges the church to stop seeking one-time deliverance experiences and instead build a life of daily encounters, because one encounter with God can set you free but daily encounters with God will keep you free.

This message challenges believers to renew their minds practically by writing down their lies and asking God what He says about them, memorizing the word of God, exposing their thoughts to others in authentic community, and doing the opposite of what the enemy tells them to do. The goal is not just to be free from the yoke, but to outgrow it so it can never return.

The vision of Mercy Culture is to take people from corporate encounters with God to daily personal encounters with God.

At Mercy Culture, one of our unique characteristics is that we are a presence driven church. We are not built around any person or ministry. We are built around the presence of God. Each week, you will hear a teaching from our Lead Pastors, Sean and Natalie Gleason or another leader in our community.

To learn more about Mercy Culture, visit https://mercyculturewaco.com

Fear Based Warfare — In this message, we open Matthew 14 to the moment Peter starts sinking, and ask why. Discover why the enemy's real target in fear-based warfare is your obedience, not your comfort, and why shrinking back in fear is never the wise, protective move the world makes it out to be. Learn the difference between fighting fear with more fear and doing what Jesus modeled with Peter: keeping your eyes fixed on Him and answering the spirit of fear with something stronger, the fear of the Lord.

Fear is a weapon the enemy uses to intimidate, control, and keep us from obeying God. In “Fear-Based Warfare,” we look at David and Goliath and discover how faith, worship, and the fear of the Lord empower us to confront what once terrified us.

You can’t fight spiritual warfare with fear—only faith. You overcome the spirit of fear by fearing God more.