Bridgetown Video Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bridgetown Church
In Portland as it is in Heaven. All teachings are available to stream and download at bridgetown.church.
Genesis 28v10-22 with Tyler Staton
We can have powerful encounters with God and still wake up the next morning carrying the same fears, insecurities, and patterns that shaped us before. What happens when a dream becomes a vision, and an encounter with God is converted into a life lived in participation with him?
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Genesis 27v6-10 with Tyler Staton
So much of our striving begins with the fear that God's blessing is something we have to earn, protect, or take for ourselves. Through the story of a fractured family, we are invited to let go of scarcity, trust the abundance of God's kingdom, and discover that his grace has always been a gift to receive, not a prize to grasp. Even in the midst of our failures, God remains relentless in blessing and redeeming his people.
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Genesis 25v19-26v14 with Christian Dawson
What do you do when life feels out of your control? When desire keeps telling you to take what you want, and fear keeps telling you to protect what you have? Most of us listen. We grasp, we scheme, we self-protect. That's where we find Jacob, Esau, and Isaac, a family of grabbers and liars that God blesses anyway.
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Genesis 24v1-11 with Joy Schlichter
Through stories of witness, trust, and unexpected partnership, we are reminded that God's loyal love has always endured and that he continues to weave ordinary people into his work of making all things new. The invitation is to remember his faithfulness, trust his promises, and participate in the story he is still telling.
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Genesis 22v1-19 with Tim Mackie
What do we do with the good gifts in our lives when they become so precious that we cannot imagine living without them? Exploring one of Scripture's most challenging stories, we are invited to consider how surrender, loss, and trust can become the very places where God's mercy and resurrection meet us. What might God be inviting you to place back into his hands?
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Genesis 18v16-33 with Gavin Bennett
When confronted with injustice, suffering, and evil, it's easy to wonder what difference our prayers can make. God's invitation is not to bargain with him but to partner with him through intercession, trusting that his grace reaches into the darkest places and that our prayers can help bring his kingdom to earth.
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Genesis 16v1-2 with Christian Dawson
What does it look like to trust God when life is more complicated than you expected? When there are no simple people? When the promise seems to be for someone else, and you’re left wondering if you’ve been overlooked? That’s where we find Sarai, and it’s where Genesis keeps telling its story about the unlikely, messy people God partners with to bring flourishing to the world.
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Genesis 15 with Tyler Staton
Fear often shapes our decisions in ways we don't always recognize, but God meets us in our uncertainty with a promise of faithful presence. Through Abram's story, we're invited to trust God's character over our need for control and discover that God's faithfulness remains steady, even when the path ahead is unclear.
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Genesis 14v18-24 with Tyler Staton
A reflection on the mysterious figure of Melchizedek and the invitation to receive God’s blessing as a gift rather than something we strive to secure for ourselves. Through Abram’s encounter with a king of righteousness and peace, we’re invited to trust the faithfulness of God, resist the pull of control, and discover how the story of Melchizedek ultimately points to Jesus.
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Genesis 12v10-20 with Tyler Staton
Through a story marked by loss, disappointment, and unanswered questions, we’re reminded that God brings hope out of chaos and invites us to take small steps of trust, confident that His faithfulness - not our own - holds our lives together.
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Genesis 11v27-12v9 with Tim Mackie and Tyler Staton
A reflection on the tension of living between blessing and suffering, and the way God speaks hope into places that feel marked by loss, uncertainty, and unmet expectations. Through the story of Abram and Sarai, we’re invited to trust God in the midst of chaos, receive his blessing as a gift rather than something we control, and take small steps of faith toward the future he is shaping.
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John 21v1-17 with Gerald Griffin
A reflection on Peter’s restoration by the fire in John 21 and the compassionate love of Jesus that meets us in places of shame and pain. Through prayer, imagination, and the story of Peter, we’re invited to experience the healing presence of Jesus and remember that we are not defined by our failures, but by the love of God that restores and makes us whole.
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Psalm 130 with Gavin Bennett
Hope is choosing to trust that God’s promises are still true, even in the middle of grief, fear, and uncertainty. Exploring resurrection, the faithfulness of God, and the Spirit’s work in our lives, this teaching invites followers of Jesus to remember the story of God, renew their trust in Him, and rehearse hope in the ordinary moments of daily life.
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John 20v24-29 with Hakeem Bradley
Doubt and belief often live side by side, especially in moments of grief, confusion, or unanswered questions. Through Thomas’ story, we see how Jesus meets us with compassion, inviting us to move toward trust while the Holy Spirit builds faith through testimony.
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Hebrews 11v1-3 with Tyler Staton
Faith is more than belief, it is a way of seeing. This teaching explores how the Spirit opens our eyes to recognize Jesus in the ordinary and to live with deeper awareness of God’s presence in everyday life. Discover how faith grows as we learn to see the unseen and participate in God’s redemptive work all around us.
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1 Corinthians 13v1-13 with Bethany Allen
Love is what makes a life truly powerful, not impressive moments or visible gifts. Faith, hope, and love are how we live that out in everyday choices, especially when it’s costly or unseen. Real power is found in becoming a person shaped by love. This is the first week in our new series as we move toward Pentecost.
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John 20v1-10 with Tyler Staton
The resurrection story comes alive as Jesus meets people in grief, doubt, and shame, restoring their lives from the inside out. Through Mary, Thomas, and Peter, we see that resurrection is not escape from the world, but God mending it and us into something new.
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John 12v24 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen
Using the imagery of a seed, Jesus reveals that true life comes through surrender, inviting us to release what we’re holding onto and trust God to bring new life.
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Matthew 27v11-29 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen
Jesus’ death on a tree reframes what looks like an ending into the surprising beginning of new life, inviting us to entrust what feels dead to God’s renewal.
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Matthew 19v4-6 with Tyler Staton
This teaching explores what the Bible says about same-sex relationships, walking through key passages and how they’ve been understood across scripture. It frames the conversation within Jesus’ vision of sexuality, rooted in creation and oriented toward love. Alongside conviction, it calls us to hold this teaching with humility, compassion, and a deep awareness of every person’s story.
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Psalm 34v8 with Tyler Staton, Bethany Allen
What shapes the way we understand our desires and sexuality? This teaching explores how Scripture frames our bodies not as ends in themselves, but as signs that point beyond to life with God, calling us to form our desires with intention rather than impulse. At the center is a simple question: will we let our desires lead us, or will we learn to direct them toward what truly satisfies?
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Philippians 2v5-11 with Tyler Staton
What does it mean to see my body as good when it carries illness, disability, or chronic pain? Looking to Jesus, who chose human limits and willingly suffered with us, we consider how our limitations can become places of deep encounter, where love is formed in us rather than resentment. Together, we hold onto the hope that the God who meets us in our weakness will one day renew our bodies and wipe away every tear.
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Genesis 1v27-28, Revelation 22v1-5 with Tyler Staton
From Genesis to Revelation, the biblical story reveals that we are created in God’s image to rule by working and keeping his world for the flourishing of others. Yet when work becomes a way to prove our worth or secure our identity apart from God, it turns into anxious toil instead of a blessing. This teaching invites us to rediscover our everyday work as participation in God’s renewal, shifting from success to service and learning to labor at the pleasure of the true King.
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John 6v47-58 with Christian Dawson
Gluttony is not simply about excess. This teaching invites us to consider how our habits with food and drink shape our desires and form our lives as Disciples. As we examine everyday patterns of consumption, we are invited into a different way of eating and drinking that leads to gratitude, self-control, and deeper trust in God.
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1 Corinthians 6v19-20 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen
Vanity often goes unnamed, but this teaching reveals it as a quiet, shame-driven attempt to secure identity and control through the body. Rather than managing appearance for worth or safety, we are invited into a gentler way of life - receiving our bodies as good, limited, and deeply loved. This teaching offers an honest look at how vanity forms us and points toward freedom through presence, community, and trust in God’s care.
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Matthew 25v14-30 with Bethany Allen
Jesus’ parable of the talents exposes how sloth takes root through comfort, delay, and quiet disengagement from the life God entrusts to us. This teaching invites disciples to resist spiritual apathy and practice faithful participation shaped by trust, courage, and love.
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Daniel 4v4-9, 22-34 with Ken Shigematsu
Through the rise, fall, and restoration of King Nebuchadnezzar, humility is revealed as acknowledging God as the true source of power and life. The story shows how pride unravels us from the inside out, and how recognizing God’s rule restores what was lost.
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Luke 12v13-34 with Tyler Staton
Jesus names greed as rooted in a mindset of scarcity and invites his disciples into a radically different imagination: a life shaped by God’s abundance. As part of our series on the seven deadly sins, this week explores the psychology, sociology, and spirituality of greed.
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Jonah 4v1-9 with Christine Caine
Anger has become normalized in our world, quietly fracturing our relationships, health, and life with God. Through the story of Jonah, we’re invited to notice how unresolved anger grows, distorts our priorities, and blinds us to God’s compassion. By sitting with God’s question, Is it right for you to be angry? we’re pointed toward a better way where anger is faced honestly, healed at the root, and no longer allowed to rule us.
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Romans 7v7-12 with Tyler Staton
This teaching begins a new series on the seven deadly sins by examining envy and the disordered desires beneath it. We explore how comparison and coveting shape our inner life and why confession in community is central to healing.
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Luke 2v4-7 with Tyler Staton
At Christmas, we reflect on the birth of Jesus and what it reveals about God’s love. From Abraham to the manger, this teaching invites us to consider belief as a personal response to a God who comes near and makes his home with us
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Luke 1v26-38 with Tyler Staton
Centered on Mary’s encounter with the angel in Luke 1, the story of the Annunciation shows grace interrupting darkness and God’s promises taking root in ordinary lives. It invites a posture of waiting, trust, and openness to receive what God is forming within us.
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Luke 2v1–12 with Tyler Staton
In the third week of Advent, we return to the story of Jesus’ birth and consider the difference between sentiment and the joy announced by the angels. Walking through Luke 2, this teaching explores how joy enters real human chaos through costly hospitality and invites us to make room for Jesus and for one another right where we are.
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Luke 1v56-66 with Tyler Staton
In the second week of Advent, we look at Zechariah and Elizabeth’s story and the quiet spaces where God meets us in disappointment and longing. Guided by Luke 1, we consider how slowing down helps us notice the first light of Jesus breaking into our ordinary lives.
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Luke 2v8-20 with Lucy Peppiatt
This first teaching in our Advent series reflects on the angels and shepherds in Luke 2, showing how God draws near through messengers who reveal his character, announce his coming, and invite us into worship. It centers on the anticipation of the coming Christ and how we, like the shepherds, carry this good news into the world.
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John 8v31-36 with Tyler Staton
At the end of the day, the Examen invites us to slow down, notice what shaped us, and return to the truth of Jesus. In this final teaching of the series, we look at how evening prayer helps us release what is false, remember God’s presence, and rest in the freedom He offers. This series invites us to let prayer form every part of life: morning, midday, and evening, shaping our hearts into the likeness of Jesus.
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Revelation 5v8, Psalm 56v8 with Tyler Staton
Prayer is where compassion is born. As we pause in the middle of the day, we remember that God not only hears our cries but holds them. In this teaching, we explore how prayer shapes us into people who carry the burdens of others and move toward the world in love. This series invites us to let prayer form every part of life: morning, midday, and evening, shaping our hearts into the likeness of Jesus.
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John 8v31-36 with Tyler Staton
Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world.
From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season.
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2 Samuel 6v6-11 with Faith Eury Cho
Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world.
From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season.
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Luke 10v25-37, 18v9-14 with Tyler Staton
Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world.
From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season.
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Colossians 1v28-29 with Christian Dawson
Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world.
From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season.
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Mark 1v9-13 with Tyler Staton
Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world.
From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season.
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Matthew 5v48 with Tyler Staton
Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church.
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Kevan Chandler is a best-selling author and the founder of a nonprofit organization called We Carry Kevan. He speaks worldwide about his life with a disability and how community and creativity are the keys to true accessibility. Through storytelling, and discussion, Kevan and Eric Wood, Pastor of Justice and Mercy, explore how our own needs can actually create space for kinship—with one another and with our neighbors—in the rhythms of our ordinary lives.
John 15v9-17 with Tyler Staton
Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church.
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Acts 2v42-47 with Bethany Allen and Gavin Bennett
Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church.
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Matthew 7v13-14 with Tyler Staton
Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church.
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Genesis 11V10-12V3 with Dave Lomas
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 10:1V-11V9 with Hakeem Bradley
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 9V8-29 with Tyler Staton
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 8V13 - 9V1 with Tyler Staton
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 5V1-32 with Bethany Allen
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 4V17-26 with Gavin Bennett
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 4V1-16 with Christian Dawson
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 3V1-24 with Josh Ryan Butler
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 2v4-25 with Tyler Staton
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
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Genesis 1v1-2v3 with Tyler Staton and Tim Mackie
Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise.
https://bridgetown.church/teaching
1 John 4V7-12 with Bethany Allen
At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives.
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Acts 2V1-4 with Gerald Griffin
At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives.
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John 15v9-13 with Gavin Bennett
At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives.
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Colossians 1V13-14 with Tyler Staton
At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives.
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Colossians 3v15 with John Mark Comer
At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives.
https://bridgetown.church/teaching
1 John 4V8-10 with Tyler Staton
At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives.
https://bridgetown.church/teaching
Ephesians 3v14-19 with Ken Shigematsu
Guest speaker Ken Shigematsu teaches from Ephesians on how God's love seeks us out in all our weakness and shame.
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Matthew 28v1-10 with Tyler Staton
This Easter we celebrate Jesus' resurrection as we reflect on the renewal we are invited into through His love.
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Tyler Staton
Good Friday is a day of reflection on Jesus' death on the cross. In this second homily we reflect on the significance of Jesus' blood and how the love of perfect savior can lead to a sacrificial death.
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Tyler Staton
Good Friday is a day of reflection on Jesus' death on the cross. In this second homily we reflect on the significance of Jesus' blood and how the death of a perfect savior can be called good.
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Revelation 3v14-22 with Tyler Staton
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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Revelation 3v7-13 with Gavin Bennett
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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Revelation 3v1-6 with Bethany Allen
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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From Revelation 2v18-28 with Tyler Staton
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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From Revelation 2v12-17 with Christian Dawson
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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From Rev. 2:8-11 with Gerald Griffin
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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From Rev. 2:1-7 with Tyler Staton
Lent is a 40-day season within the church calendar that stretches from Ash Wednesday (March 5) to Easter Sunday (April 20), mirroring Jesus’ 40-day fast in the desert. This year, we want God to use the 40 days of Lent to help us reclaim our first love.
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From Matthew 5v6 with David Thomas
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus introduces the upside down kingdom of God—the last will be first. His kingdom doesn’t follow a worldly structure of power, fame, or notoriety, but instead, Jesus says that the poor and meek will be blessed.
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From Matthew 5v9 with David Bailey
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus introduces the upside down kingdom of God—the last will be first. His kingdom doesn’t follow a worldly structure of power, fame, or notoriety, but instead, Jesus says that the poor and meek will be blessed.
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Beatitudes - Blessed are Those Who Mourn
From Matthew 5v4
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus introduces the upside down kingdom of God—the last will be first. His kingdom doesn’t follow a worldly structure of power, fame, or notoriety, but instead, Jesus says that the poor and meek will be blessed. https://bridgetown.church/teaching
Our aim, in the way of Jesus is to become a gift of sacrificial love for the sake of others. But the thing about “others” is that no matter how pure the intentions to love, we inevitably wrong and are wronged by the very people we’re trying to love. If we are to truly become a gift of sacrificial love for the sake of others, we also need to become a people of sustained forgiveness for the sake of others. From Matthew 18v21-35.
A religious expert asks Jesus a simple question, “Who is my neighbor?” But Jesus’ answer takes him somewhere unexpected, challenging everything he thought he knew about faithfulness and belonging. Through an unlikely hero, this parable invites us to wrestle with what it truly means to love God and others. From Luke 10v25-37, with Christian Dawson.
In Romans, Jesus tells us to not conform to the pattern of this world, but instead, to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, positioning ourselves to bring Heaven to Portland by becoming a community of love for the sake of our city. From Romans12v2.
In Mark 3 Jesus lays out what it means to live in the Kingdom by living and relating to one another as family. As a community we lean into Jesus's vision, to let our transformed lives, be for the sake of others, specifically for the sake of family. From Mark 3v31-35, with Bethany Allen.
Pete Greig, author and founder of 24-7 Prayer International, teaches us that through intercession and travail, we can create passionate prayers that perseveres and prevails to bring supernatural breakthrough for the sake of others. From Romans 8v22-27.
Part two of a two-part midweek lecture from author and pastor at Red Church in Melbourne, Mark Sayers, as we delve deeper into what it means to be spiritually formed for the sake of others.
Part one of a two-part midweek lecture from author and pastor at Red Church in Melbourne, Mark Sayers, as we delve deeper into what it means to be spiritually formed for the sake of others.
Jesus claims that external fruitfulness reveals the inner life of the disciple. This teaching traces that theme through Matthew’s Gospel, drawing an abstract, ancient metaphor into concrete, modern reality, ultimately revealing that all true spiritual formation is for the sake of others. The aim and goal of apprenticeship of Jesus is to become love. From Matthew 7v15-20.
There is a part of our Spiritual transformation and holy overflow that can only happen within Community. From Mark 12v28-31, with Bethany Allen.
“Wounds they fester, hearts withdraw, This is family? We see the flaw.” If you know the pain of Christian community, you can relate to some of what’s happening in the letter to Philemon. Pastor Paul doesn’t offer a quick fix, but rather gives Philemon and Onesimus a radical Christian practice. Philemon v15-25.
Paul, thru Philemon, dares us through praying and asking, to truly live the Kingdom of God here on Earth. From Philemon v1-25.
Paul’s letter to Philemon invites us, in the midst of a noisy, chaotic culture, to die to self, and look up so we can truly see and take part in God’s Kingdom. From Philemon v1-25.
Jude tells us that we contend for the faith by keeping ourselves in God’s love and by showing God’s mercy to those around us, remembering that we need the help of God and our community to keep us faithful to Jesus. From Jude v20-25, with Gavin Bennett.
Dr. Nijay Gupta joins us to provide an introduction to the short but powerful exhortation of Jude who encourages the church to live in the balance of strong commitment to orthodoxy and a life of compassion.
God's redeeming love is redeeming the whole world both in Ruth then and for us now. From Ruth 4v18-22, with Bethany Allen.
In the final act of Ruth, the fullness of God's redemptive power, the renewal of all things, is unveiled through the marriage of Boaz and Ruth. From Act 4, with Bethany Allen.
How God redeems his people through the unseen, and often uncelebrated, decisions of faithfulness and fidelity made in our private lives. From Ruth 3.
How God redeems his people through the honest prayers, humble obedience, and ordinary sacrifices of one another. From Ruth 2.
How we respond to suffering—the story we tell ourselves, the habits we engage to cope and make our way through, the company we pull in or push away in the midst of it—how we respond to suffering will profoundly influence what we believe and who we become. From Ruth 1v6-22.
An introduction into the book of Ruth; where God shows through two migrant, childless widows who cling to Him and cling to hope in spite of the chaos, He will weave the renewal of the whole world. From Ruth 1:1-5; 4:16-17.
The Gifts of the Spirit means signs, wonders, and miracles; and the greatest miracle of all just might be living in a community of love. From Genesis 11v1-9 and Acts 2v1-12.
The Gift of Tongues is a language of increase, intimacy, in-breaking and of intercession, that with right and orderly use, communally builds up the house of God. From Acts 2v1-4 and 1 Corinthians 14v1-5, 39-40; with Jonny Hughes.
A profound look on how the work of the Spirit awakens us, forms us and empowers us for the work of the Kingdom. From John 20v19-22, with Pete Hughes.
When we talk about the gifts of the Spirit, more often than not we think of the grandiose or powerful ones, like healing or prophecy, but those are only part of what the Spirit offers. Just as God enters into the beauty, he equally enters into our pain, giving us particular gifts to help us in our suffering. From Romans 8v22-27, with Gavin Bennett.
A practical exploration of the biblical gift of prophecy as hearing God both individually and communally. From 1 Corinthians 14v1-4.
Introducing the Bridgetown Church Rule of Life with John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton. In this episode, we discuss the origins of Bridgetown's Rule of Life and why the future of the Church is ancient. Below you can find the links for episodes 1-4 for our Rule of Life audio podcast.
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Discerning God’s voice in our lives begins by recognizing God’s voice in the lives of others on the pages of Scripture. From 1 Corinthians 12v1-11.
Jesus empowers His people to announce the Kingdom and heal the sick, but there’s a lot that gets in our way. From Luke 10v1-9, with Christian Dawson.
The Holy Spirit as fundamentally missional, expressed as justice, mercy, and evangelism. The Holy Spirit is a pursuing Spirit to draw the lost home, not an assisting Spirit for the entertainment of the saints. From Acts 1v1-11. With Bethany Allen.
Learning how to wait on the Holy Spirit as we take a look at the Holy Spirit from a more practical vantage point as a community of practitioners who want to move in the gifts of the Spirit for the work of the Kingdom. From Acts 1v1-11.
The 9 core practices for the way of Jesus are practiced sustainably in our lives through the ancient way of a rule of life—becoming a community of love through Covenant Community. From John 15v1-5. With Gavin Bennett.
The 9 core practices for the way of Jesus are practiced sustainably in our lives through the ancient way of a rule of life—a vow to express Jesus’ vision continuously. From Matthew 9v14-17.
A community of hospitality in a culture of hostility through the practice of witness. From Acts 1v8. With Tre' Giles.
A community of rest in a culture of hurry and exhaustion through the practice of sabbath. From Genesis 2v1-3.
A community of contentment in a culture of consumerism through the practice of generosity. From Matthew 13v44-46. With Gavin Bennett.
A community of justice, mercy, and reconciliation in a culture of injustice and division through the practice of service. From Luke 10v25-37.
A community of holiness in a culture of indulgence and immorality through the practice of fasting. From Romans 12v1
John Mark Comer speaks on what it is to be a people of love and depth in a culture of individualism and superficiality through the practice of community. From Mark 1v16-20.
A community of peace and quiet in a culture of anxiety and noise through the practice of solitude. From Psalm 131.
Becoming a community of courageous fidelity to orthodoxy in a culture of ideological compromise through the practice of scripture. From Psalm 1v1-3.
A community of communion with God in a culture of distraction and escapism through the practice of prayer. From Hebrews 5v7.
An introduction to discovering the practices for a Rule of Life by first summarizing the “yoke” of Jesus. From Matthew 11v28-30.
In this teaching, Pastor Gerald Griffin, explores what it means to behold Jesus in silent prayer. When we slow down and focus our attention only on him, we are transformed by his presence. From 2 Corinthians 3v7-18.
From the series "Vision Series 2023." Mark 8v34-35. Be with Jesus. Become like Jesus. Do what Jesus did.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 34v29-35. A practical teaching on how we are all given the inheritance of Moses—to speak to God face-to-face as one speaks to a friend.
From "Various Teachings." Listen to a midweek lecture with Tyler Staton, Bethany Allen, & Gavin Bennett as they go over Bridgetown's position on women in eldership.
From "Various Teachings." Listen to a midweek lecture with Tyler Staton as he goes over Bridgetown's position on women in eldership.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 25v1-9. The Tabernacle blueprints and construction are a blueprint of heaven on earth and a preview of the renewal of all things.
From "Various Teachings." Listen to a midweek lecture with Tyler Staton as he goes over Bridgetown's position on women in eldership.
From "Various Teachings." Listen to a midweek lecture with Tyler Staton as he goes over Bridgetown's position on women in eldership.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 34v6-7. God has told Moses his name (in the English sense) but now reveals his name (in the Hebrew sense, with name & character).
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 16v2-5, 13-15. Listen to a teaching from Dr. Nijay Gupta about how God the deliverer is also God the provider, both feeding his people by hand and also teaching them to rely on Him and share with one another, an early glimpse at the King and the Kingdom.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 11v1-10, Matthew 27v45-46. Listen to a teaching from Josh White of Door of Hope Church as he teaches on his book, Stumbling Toward Eternity, which talks about Jesus’ 7 sayings from the cross—the revelation of God to which the Passover points.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 3v16-20. The 10 Plagues provoke some of Scripture’s most tense questions, deepest mysteries, and beautiful truths all at once—a rich passage that reveals the profound mercy and justice that lives equally in Yahweh.
From "Various Teachings." Listen to a Q&R with Josh Porter of Van City Church and Tyler Staton focused on deconstruction, and how we can reclaim faithfulness as an act of rebellion.
From "Various Teachings." Listen to a midweek lecture with Josh Porter of Van City Church focused on deconstruction, and how we can reclaim faithfulness as an act of rebellion.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 3v1-15. The burning bush is the sight of God’s personal and broad intervention—intervening to heal Moses’ personal shame and commissioning Moses as the deliverer for an enslaved people.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 1v8-14. Exodus is the story of God’s people then and now. Pharaoh and the people of Egypt work together against God’s plan for human flourishing - the same way the devil and the world do today. But God partners with unlikely people in the normal lives to bring about his redemptive purposes.
From the series "Exodus." Exodus 1v1-8. Exodus is refererred back to more frequently in Scripture than any other event in the Torah. In fact, Exodus the Exodus drama is the framing event for the ministry of Jesus. Why care about an ancient Hebrew liberation story? Because if you want to understand Jesus, you’ve gotta understand Exodus.
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." Psalm 19v1-6. How we hear God speak through creation—in nature, in wonder, and in the face of another.
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." 1 Kings 19v1-13.
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." Luke 24v13-35. God speaks to us in a whisper, which invites intimacy but is also hard to hear and easy to ignore. How do we grow in discernment—the ability to distinguish God’s voice from all the competing noise?
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." 1 Corinthians 14v1-4. God speaks to us through others by the gift of prophecy. This teaching is a biblical, communal, and personal introduction to prophetic listening and prayer.
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." Psalms 119v103-112. How do I hear God through the written Word? In the second of a two-part teaching on hearing God in Scripture, we explore the two-sided coin of both reading and being read by the Word, culminating in a Scripture reading practice to guide us as a church over the next year.
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." 2 Timothy 3v16-17. What am I holding when I'm holding the Bible? In this first of a two-part teaching on hearing God through the written Word, we explore five metaphors for understanding the power of Scripture.
From the series "Hearing God: Listening to the Still, Small Voice of the Holy Spirit." John 1v1-4, 14.
From the series "God & The Whole Person: Soul, Mind, & Body in His Image." Revelation 19v6-7.
From the series "God & The Whole Person: Soul, Mind, & Body in His Image." Revelation 19v6-7
From the series "God & The Whole Person: Soul, Mind, & Body in His Image." Romans 12v1-2.
From the series "God & The Whole Person: Soul, Mind, & Body in His Image." Romans 12v1-2.
From the series "God & The Whole Person: Soul, Mind, & Body in His Image." Luke 7v36-50.
From the series "God & The Whole Person: Soul, Mind, & Body in His Image." John 9. “What do you want me to do for you?” That is the question Jesus posed to Bartimaeus, a question that targeted his deep desire led to his deep healing. Equally, it’s a question that, asked in Christ’s presence, uncovers our deep desire and leads to our deep healing.
From the series "Knowing God: The Seven "I Am" Statements of Jesus." John 11v25-26. Jesus is the resurrection and the life—a single theme with two expressions: healing and salvation. To live in the tension, the church (like Jesus) must become people who hold both wonder and suffering together.
From the series "Knowing God: The Seven "I Am" Statements of Jesus." John 10v9. Jesus makes the emphatic statement, “I am the Gate,” in response to the Pharisees exclusion of a healed blind man. This teaching addresses the themes of trauma and healing by the wounds of Jesus.
From the series "Knowing God: The Seven "I Am" Statements of Jesus." John 8v12. The human story is one of longing to be at rest and peace, to be safe and secure, to finally be home. But the human story is also one where we can’t seem to get home ourselves; we need someone to lead us, and it’s to that ache that Jesus declares “I Am the Light of the World.”
From the series "Advent 2022." Luke 3v7-14. How do we recognize the God who comes humbly, gently, almost disguised in our midst? John the Baptist prepared for Jesus' arrival by offering three critical instructions to the receptive crowd. In this teaching, we explore the common denominator in all three: generosity.
From the series "Advent 2022." Luke 3v7-14. How do we recognize the God who comes humbly, gently, almost disguised in our midst? John the Baptist prepared for his arrival by offering three critical instructions to the receptive crowd. In this teaching, we explore his instruction to the plentiful: simplicity.
From the series "A House of Prayer For All Nations." Luke 16v19-31. The distinguishing aspect of Justice in the way of Jesus is kinship, to start with service but end in family. In this teaching, we trace the biblical concept of justice through Hebrew language, arriving at kinship.
From the series "Vision 2022: A House of Prayer For All Nations." Ephesians 2v11-22, Galatians 2v11-21. Reconciliation across ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural lines is a Gospel essential and a sign of heaven coming to earth through the church. This is an invitation to embody that reality more greatly as an “one new humanity."
From the series "Vision 2022: A House of Prayer For All Nations." Luke 4v16-21. The biblical story, from beginning to end, is one that insists on increased proximity to our neediest neighbors. This is an invitation to discover God’s living presence and expanding Kingdom among the marginalized.
From the series “Vision 2022: A House of Prayer For All Nations.” Listen to a time of question and response with Tyler Staton and Tim Mackie, of the BibleProject, as they further discuss prayer as life with God in the Garden based on the book of Genesis.
From the series “Vision 2022: A House of Prayer For All Nations.” Listen to a lecture from Tim Mackie, of the BibleProject, as he discusses prayer as life with God in the Garden based on the book of Genesis.
From the series "Vision 2022: A House of Prayer For All Nations." John 8v2-11, 1 Thessalonians 5v17.
From the series "Vision 2022: A House of Prayer For All Nations." John 8v2-11, 1 Thessalonians 5v17.
From the series "Ephesians: Immeasurably More." Ephesians 6v10-24. A riot began the church in Ephesus. A few years into their journey, Paul writes to help them mature into who they really are in Christ, but his closing commissioning to them may not be what you’d expect.
From the series "Ephesians: Immeasurably More." Ephesians 6v10-24. A riot began the church in Ephesus. A few years into their journey, Paul writes to help them mature into who they really are in Christ, but his closing commissioning to them may not be what you’d expect.
From the series "Ephesians: Immeasurably More." Ephesians 4v17-5v20. If Paul wrote to our church today he might say, “You must no longer live as the Portlanders do in the futility of their thinking." He lists a number of things to say no to and then better yes.
From the series "Ephesians: Immeasurably More." Ephesians 4v1-28. Paul applies the new identity we’ve received in Christ to our daily work, an invitation to move beyond work to vocation.
From the series "Ephesians: Immeasurably More." Ephesians 2v1-10. We are dying, and unless we are rescued, we are dead. That's the claim the Scripture makes.
From the series "The True and False Self." In the life of Peter, we are given a picture of the battle between the true and false self and an invitation to deep transformation through lived, not merely stated, belief.
From the series "In This World You Will Have Trouble." As we live life we will find ourselves in situations that look like the opposite of what we had hoped for or anticipated. These difficult seasons, where we have little control, often leave us disillusioned. This sermon explores what Jesus may say and do when things are not what I expected.
From the series "In This World You Will Have Trouble." Jesus and only Jesus makes suffering sufferable, and when we connect our own suffering to the larger biblical story of suffering, even our pain can become redemptive.
From "Holy Spirit Conference 2022." Pete Hughes teaches from Revelation 2v1-7 on discipleship in our cultural moment.
From "Holy Spirit Conference 2022." Katia Adams teaches the final session on receiving the Holy Spirit and leading the church into the power and presence of God.
From "Holy Spirit Conference 2022." Katia Adams, founder of Frequentsee, teaches on the expression of prophecy in the local church.
From "Holy Spirit Conference 2022." Pete Hughes, of KXC London, teaches on the weapon for praise.
From the series "Teach Us to Pray." Intercession means praying for other people, an act of love that enlists the power of heaven. Intercessory prayer is the exercise of Jesus’ victory through recovered authority.
From the series "Teach Us to Pray." Jesus teaches that the first words we speak in prayer should be adoration. But what if adoration is more for us than it is for God? What if adoration is the necessary inner work we need to pray with wide-eyed faith?
From the series "Teach Us to Pray." Contrary to popular belief, prayer doesn’t start with speaking. It starts with seeing. Stillness is the posture from which spoken prayer effortlessly flows.
From the series "Teach Us to Pray." Together as a church family we are going to spend the next 10 weeks on the mystery and invitation of prayer. Join us as we start this week with a simple invitation to pray as you can.
From the series "Advent." "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." —John 1v14
From the series "Advent." The Gospel is an invitation to join the new world offered in the birth of Christ. And the only way for this new world to advance is through its citizens.
From the series "Advent." "There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him." —John 1v6-11
From the series "Advent." As we begin the season of Advent, we look at creation through the word and the Kingdom of God; the now and not yet. Jesus has come; darkness could not and still cannot stop Him in the world at large, our city, our church family, and in our individual lives.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." As we end Practicing the Way we look back at the miracle of deliverance in the past decade of Bridgetown Church, and look forward to the miracle of inheritance.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." What is the role of spiritual gifts in deliverance ministry?
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." What is spiritual conflict and can we be demonized as Christians?
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." The subtle tragedy of Nicodemus is that in scene after scene, Jesus was awakening something in his heart, but he didn't drop his robes so he could know true life.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." Healing is complex and each one of us comes to it with different experiences and expectations. At times, it's awe-inducing and often breathtakingly personal. And sometimes it's gut-wrenching and feels hopeless. But still, God invites us to ask for healing. In the Scriptures and through the life of Jesus, we see that healing feels like hoping, confronting, waiting, and laughing. We simply get to ask and watch how God responds.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." Deep down each of us long for a God who is not only wise or powerful but a God who is deeply personal. We long for a God who speaks. The God of the Bible is radical not only in how He meets the personal longing of every soul, but that He chooses to speak to people in a surprising way.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." The Spirit of God empowers us to be sent out to who Jesus calls "the least of these." Through this we demonstrate the Gospel and reap the same harvest that Jesus did.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." You have been anointed with the same Spirit as Jesus to continue the full ministry of Jesus. What gets in the way of the experience of that astounding promise?
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." When God created people, He filled them with His Spirit to go on creating in His image. When God redeems people, He refills us with His Spirit to go on creating in His image. This teaching explores the Spirit’s role in the Church through the words we speak.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." Scripture introduces us to the person of the Holy Spirit through metaphor. Looking at the Spirit through the metaphor of water we see a real and gritty honesty about the suffering in the world, but also an unwavering and joyful hope that breaks into the world.
From the series "Demonstrating the Gospel." The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, and yet, for many in the Modern West, the Spirit is a familiar stranger. How do we know the Holy Spirit, not as a force to be captured but as a person to know and be known by?
From "Vision Series 2021." A brief look at the vision and future of Bridgetown Church, and leaning into the idea of first century discipleship that Jesus called us to.
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." Our fifth and final best practice for preaching the gospel is to simply bear witness: to live in a way that begs the question. Most of “evangelism” in the early church was simply people living a radically different and deeply good life, and scores of people being drawn into the beauty of the gospel. Millions found Jesus so compelling they were willing to die for him. Do we?
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." In John, Jesus talks about us accomplishing even greater works than He did. But demonstrating the Kingdom of God is often more ordinary, and every day, than we expect.
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." When our methods are old and do not meet the current cultural context, how do we effectively preach the Gospel in Portland?
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." Hesitation toward evangelism is rooted in the fallacy, “God shows up when I show up,” which couldn’t be further from the truth. In this week’s teaching, we learn how to join the pursuing work of God in the lives of the lost.
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." Jesus “came eating and drinking.” If he had a “method of evangelism,” that was it: eat a meal with people far from God. And all through the New Testament, apprentices of Jesus are commanded to follow his example through the practice of hospitality. Something as radically ordinary and setting a table can create space for people far from God to experience the Father’s warm welcome into his family.
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." The word “gospel” means different things to different people in the American church, and many of them are misunderstandings of the gospel of Jesus. At their worst, these misunderstandings are obstacles to a life of discipleship. In this teaching we compare and contrast the four American gospels with Jesus’ gospel.
From the series "Preaching The Gospel." We kick off our practice of Preaching the Gospel with an honest conversation about why our generation is emotionally triggered by the idea of “evangelism,” as well as the possibility that part of the reason is because we’ve misunderstood what the gospel even is.
From the series "Gospel of Matthew." God’s plan has always been to bless all the peoples of the earth.
From the series "Gospel of Matthew." God’s people spent centuries living under the oppression of empires, waiting for Him to rescue them and set the world straight. Finally, God seems to begin that work. Jesus arrives proclaiming that God’s Kingdom is finally coming through Him and people are convinced. They put their hope in Jesus but then Rome kills Him. Days later, two stories begin to circulate. Some of those in power say that Jesus’ corpse had been stolen, but a woman claims that she saw Jesus back from the dead. Which story will you trust?
Recovering a holy imagination by seeing Pentecost from the final scene of Acts. What does the power of the Holy Spirit mean for a church under house arrest?
As followers of Jesus, we believe that God speaks to each of us today through words of encouragement and prophecy. We want to be people who are equipped to step into prophetic ministry over others, making more space for the Spirit of God to move.
From the series, "Gospel of Matthew." How can we learn from the Biblical figures who came before us to navigate our current cultural moment? We must root ourselves in Jesus to avoid a failure of nerve and a failure of heart.
From the series "Gospel of Matthew." Jesus confronts hypocrisy in church leaders and calls his followers to a different way. In a time when deconstruction is the cultural tide we swim in and disillusionment with pastors is widespread and well-earned, there is a lot we can learn from Jesus.
From the series "Gospel of Matthew." In this well-known but little-understood teaching of Jesus, we discover that love is the measure of spiritual maturity. Nothing else. And that Jesus’s definition of love is very different from that of our host culture. Yet again, Jesus’ life and vision is incredibly compelling and offers us a new way to be human.
From the series "Gospel of Matthew." Jesus is confronted by those who seek to trap him. His response is not only genius but offers a new theonomy and way of doing money.
From the series "Gospel of Matthew." As we look at the story of Jesus coming into Jerusalem, we learn that moving through our disappointment uproots our limited human perspective and allows us to openhandedly receive the greater good that God is after.
From the series "Future Church." In the life of Jesus, we discover three ways in which He brings His people into the Kingdom of God; mercy, justice, and peace. How can we find the pressure points in Portland to be people of justice?
From the series "Future Church." For Easter, we examine the "gospel" of Jesus for what it is: good news. About something that happened in the past that has changed our present and altered the trajectory of our future forever.
From the series "Future Church." Our culture keeps us in the cycle of exhaustion, burnout and spiritual death. As a church community our desire is to become a culture of rest as a prophetic witness to the promise of rest that Jesus brings to us. In this teaching we explore the practice of Sabbath and how it habituates us towards the rest our souls need.
From the series "Future Church." In Western, urban culture, work for many people is far more than a way to pay rent; it’s a quasi-religion people look to for identity, community, and purpose. Against that backdrop is the biblical theology of work as an expression of love and serve to God and neighbor. In this teaching we explore the vision of work as an act of kavanah through the practice of vocation.
After a season of prayer and fasting, with deep sensitivity to the Spirit, our Elders and Board of Directors have a very important announcement about a transition in the next season of Bridgetown Church. Watch the video to learn all the details.
From the series "Future Church." Jesus had an uncanny ability to turn enemies into guests and guests into family. He did this through "radically ordinary hospitality," just eating meals around a table. Few practices are more important for the healing of our divided nation than hospitality.
From the series "Future Church." All around us people are angry. But behind all the vitriol and hate, people are afraid. But Jesus' vision of the church is a community of peace. A community who live from a deep place of quiet calm in God. We cultivate this inner life through the practice of silence and solitude.