A new theology debate has opened around Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a video from All Things Theology challenged a statement the channel says Todd made in a recent sermon.
The video, titled "Mike Todd Got the Trinity Wrong… AGAIN | Here’s Why," was posted by All Things Theology, the channel hosted by Kdub. It points back to Todd’s sermon "Eating For Two // Happy & Hungry (Part 1)," which Transformation Church shared on October 25, 2026, as the first week of its "Happy & Hungry" series.
This article reports the debate as All Things Theology has framed it. It does not present the channel’s reading of Todd’s sermon as a verified verbatim quote from Todd, and it does not claim that Todd has denied the Trinity. Those distinctions matter, because the discussion is about how one statement was worded and understood, not about a settled verdict on what Todd believes.
What the original sermon was about
According to Transformation Church’s own description, "Eating For Two // Happy & Hungry (Part 1)" asks a simple question: what are you really hungry for?
Pastor Michael Todd, in that description, challenges listeners to examine their appetites and ask whether their desires are aligned with God. The sermon presents two competing appetites, the flesh and the spirit, and argues that whichever appetite is fed the most will ultimately dominate a person’s life.
Through Matthew 5, the sermon points to hunger and thirst for righteousness as a blessing, because God promises to fill those who desire Him. It also gives practical steps that Todd lists in the message: monitor your appetites, eat the Word daily, align your relationships, and limit the substitutes that keep people spiritually empty.
The Scripture references listed for the sermon include 2 Corinthians 9:7, Psalm 119:130, Matthew 5:6, Galatians 5:16-18, Acts 1:8, James 1:14-15, and Romans 8:5-6.
That is the context All Things Theology is responding to. The debate did not begin with a sermon devoted to systematic theology. It began, according to the channel, with a statement inside a sermon about appetite, desire, and the work of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life.
What All Things Theology says Todd claimed
In its video description, All Things Theology says Pastor Michael Todd made what it calls a concerning statement about the Trinity, particularly his claim that the Holy Spirit is the only person of the Godhead actively working on the earth today.
The channel then asks a series of questions that frame its concern. Does the Father no longer work on the earth? Is Jesus Christ somehow inactive because He ascended into heaven? Is the Holy Spirit the only divine person currently involved in the lives of believers?
Those questions are All Things Theology’s framing, not a transcript of Todd’s sermon. The channel’s own description says it examines Todd’s understanding of the Trinity and compares his statements with Scripture. It does not publish, in the description, a full word-for-word transcript of the moment in Todd’s sermon that it is challenging.
That gap is important for readers. A debate built on a paraphrase can still be worth reporting, especially when the channel is explicit about its own position. But a fair report should keep the paraphrase labelled as a paraphrase until the exact wording is checked against the sermon itself.
The Scripture case Kdub makes
All Things Theology presents its case as a defence of historic Trinitarian doctrine. In its description, the channel states that doctrine in plain terms: there is one God who eternally exists in three distinct, coequal, and coeternal persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Although the three persons are distinct, the channel adds, they are not three separate gods, and they do not operate independently of one another. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in its words, work inseparably in accomplishing God’s divine purposes.
From that starting point, Kdub argues that the Holy Spirit’s present activity does not mean the Father and Son have stopped working. The channel cites John 5:17, where Jesus declares that His Father continues working and that He Himself is working. It also cites John 14:16-17, where Jesus promises that the Father will send another Helper, the Holy Spirit.
Other passages named in the discussion include Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 1:3, and Matthew 28:20. Together, All Things Theology argues, those passages show a God who remains active through Father, Son, and Spirit, rather than a God whose work on earth has narrowed to one person alone.
The channel is also careful, in its own description, to say what the discussion is not about. It states that the discussion is not about denying the work of the Holy Spirit. It describes the Holy Spirit as absolutely active in the world today, regenerating sinners, indwelling believers, sanctifying Christians, distributing spiritual gifts, and glorifying Jesus Christ.
Its point, as stated, is narrower: the Spirit’s activity does not mean that the Father and Son have ceased working. In the channel’s own summary line, the ascension of Jesus Christ does not mean the inactivity of Jesus Christ.
Why this debate is catching attention
Michael Todd is not a little-known preacher. He has led Transformation Church in Tulsa alongside his wife, Natalie Todd, since February 2015, after the church was entrusted to them by its founding pastor. He is also the author of the bestselling book "Relationship Goals," which grew out of a sermon series of the same name.
Todd’s preaching style is part of why his sermons travel so widely. His messages are energetic, visual, and built around memorable illustrations, and they are shared far beyond a single Sunday congregation. That reach means a single statement in a sermon can quickly become a wider conversation, especially when another well-known channel responds to it directly.
All Things Theology has built its own audience by doing exactly that kind of response work: examining popular sermons through the lens of Scripture and asking whether the teaching lines up with historic Christian doctrine. When a channel with that focus titles a video "Mike Todd Got the Trinity Wrong… AGAIN," it is signalling both a specific challenge and a pattern, at least as the channel sees it.
That "again" in the title should also be read carefully. It is All Things Theology’s characterisation, not a neutral finding. Readers who want to judge the pattern for themselves would need to look at the earlier videos the channel is referring to, rather than accepting the title alone as proof of a repeated error.
What is not established yet
At the time of writing, several points remain unestablished, and this article does not fill those gaps with guesswork.
First, the exact wording of Todd’s statement has not been verified here from a full sermon transcript. All Things Theology’s description gives a paraphrase: that the Holy Spirit is the only person of the Godhead actively working on the earth today. Whether Todd said those words in that form, or whether he was making a narrower point about the Spirit’s role in the life of a believer, is a question that only the sermon audio and transcript can settle.
Second, no response from Todd or Transformation Church to this specific All Things Theology video was found in the sources checked for this article. That does not mean Todd agrees with the challenge, and it does not mean he has ignored it. It means only that a response was not established at the time of writing, and any future response should be reported on its own terms when it appears.
Third, this debate should not be confused with a claim that Todd denies the existence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All Things Theology’s own framing is about activity and work on earth, not about whether three persons exist. Keeping that distinction clear protects both sides of the discussion from being misrepresented.
For readers, the most useful next step is straightforward: watch the original sermon, watch the All Things Theology response, and compare the two. Doctrine debates are often decided not by headlines, but by whether the original statement, in context, actually says what the response claims it says.
Why the Trinity question matters to this audience
For many Christians, the Trinity is not an abstract doctrine reserved for seminaries. It shapes how believers pray, how they understand salvation, and how they describe God’s ongoing work in the world.
If the Father is still working, if the Son remains active after His ascension, and if the Spirit is present and powerful today, then prayer, worship, and daily Christian life are directed to a God who is fully present, not partially withdrawn. That is the theological stake All Things Theology is pointing to when it says a misunderstanding of the Trinity can produce serious confusion about the nature of God, the person of Jesus Christ, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit.
At the same time, many pastors use shorthand in sermons. A preacher emphasising the Holy Spirit’s present work may not intend to make a formal claim that the Father and Son have stopped working. Sermon language is often pastoral and illustrative before it is technical, and that difference is exactly where debates like this one tend to form.
That is why the wording matters so much here. If Todd’s point was that the Spirit is the person of the Godhead believers most directly experience day by day, that is a different claim from saying the Father and Son are inactive. If his point was broader than that, then All Things Theology’s challenge carries more weight. The sermon itself, not the headline about it, is the evidence that will settle which reading is right.
What happens next
For now, the story stands as a public challenge from one ministry voice to another. All Things Theology has laid out its Scripture case and invited its audience to weigh in, asking viewers what biblical passages they would use to correct the teaching as the channel understands it.
Whether Todd responds, clarifies his wording, or lets the sermon speak for itself will shape the next chapter of this discussion. Until then, the honest summary is this: a popular pastor preached a sermon about hunger and appetite, a theology channel says a statement in that sermon raised a Trinity question, and the exact wording and intent of that statement remain the key facts to check.
The Gospel Report will update this article if Todd or Transformation Church issues a response, or if a full transcript of the relevant sermon section becomes available for direct quotation.
Sources checked: All Things Theology video description, "Mike Todd Got the Trinity Wrong… AGAIN | Here’s Why"; Transformation Church description, "Eating For Two // Happy & Hungry (Part 1) // Michael Todd," October 25, 2026.
Image sources (Google search, relevant images used; remove on any copyright claim):
- Featured: mike-todd-portrait.jpg — Pastor Michael Todd portrait
- Body 1: transformation-worship.jpg — Transformation Church worship team, from transformationchurch.tc
- Body 2 (middle): mike-todd-sermon.jpg — Transformation Church "Eating For Two / Happy & Hungry" sermon image
- Body 3: kdub-att.jpg — Kdub, All Things Theology studio
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