Bridgetown Audio Podcast

For the Sake of Others: How Did the Fig Tree Wither so Quickly?

From Matthew 25v14-30, with Gavin Bennett.

For the Sake of Others: Who is My Neighbor?

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.

For the Sake of Others: For the Sake of the City

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 Romans 12v2.

For the Sake of Others: For the Sake of the Poor

From Matthew 6v19-24.

For the Sake of Others: Family

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.

For the Sake of Others: The Power of Prayer

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.

For the Sake of Others: Mark Sayers, pt. 2

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.

For the Sake of Others: Mark Sayers, pt. 1

Part one of a two part 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.

For the Sake of Others: You Know a Tree by Its Fruit

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 realitultimately 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.

Practicing the Way of Jesus Together in Portland: Together in Portland

There is a part of our Spiritual transformation and holy overflow that can only happen within Community, From Mark 12v28-31, with Bethany Allen.