Part 4: Power: Dove
October 17, 2021
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?
Part 3: Person: Breath
October 10, 2021
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.
Part 2: Presence: Water
October 3, 2021
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.
Part 1: A Familiar Stranger
September 26, 2021
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?
Be With Jesus. Become Like Jesus. Do What Jesus Did.
September 12, 2021
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.
Part 7: Live in a Way That Begs the Question
August 29, 2021
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?
Part 6: Doing The Stuff
August 22, 2021
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.
Part 5: Methods & Context
August 15, 2021
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?
