Bridgetown Audio Podcast

How We Change: Teaching and Practice

From the series: Practicing The Way. We live in the age of self-help, therapy, and technique-obsession. Deep down, we all know we're broken and need to change. The question is, How? This week we begin our in depth look at the "how" of transformation. Through teaching we get a vision of the good life. Through practice, we align our loves and longings with those of Jesus.

Do What Jesus Did

From the series "Practicing The Way." How do we live like Jesus? How do we actually do what he did? As the church, we are called to not only follow Jesus in spirit but we are called continue his work on earth as it is in heaven. This means healing the sick, praying for the lost, opening up our homes and our lives to those far from God. The end goal is to do what he did. In this teaching, we explore the next steps in forming our lives around the practices of Jesus.

Become Like Jesus

From the series "Practicing The Way"

One of the most important teachings in the life our church: How do we change to become like Jesus? The promise of the New Testament is nothing short of full-on transformation, but so many of us feel a disconnect between that promise and our reality. Is change really possible? The answer is: yes, but the odds are, it's not what you think.

Be With Jesus

From the series "Practicing The Way." The first goal of apprenticeship to Jesus is to “be with Jesus.” But how do we “abide in the vine” in the chaos of the urban, digital world? It’s pretty straightforward: to experience the life of Jesus, we adopt the lifestyle of Jesus.

Practicing The Way

From the series "Practicing The Way." What does it mean to “follow” Jesus? To be a disciple, or apprentice, of the rabbi from Nazareth? In this teaching we explore a life built around three goals: be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what he did. We also lay out a vision for our future at Bridgetown Church: practicing the way of Jesus, together, in Portland.

Kingdom Parables: The Mustard Seed

A stand alone teaching on the parables of the mustard seed. Jesus uses this unlikely image to address our faith, the coming kingdom, and to help us confront our unrealized and untapped potential that the power of Jesus offers us through his spirit living in and through us. 

Creative Minority Panel

From the series Life In Exile: On Becoming A Creative Minority as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

We get a chance to hear first hand how people are actively displaying and living out the calling of a creative minority in the city of Portland. 

Outro: Daniel vs. The Modern World

From the series Life In Exile: On Becoming A Creative Minority as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

We recap the ideas of this important series, talk about how this intersects the modern world, and call the church to pray into our future as a creative minority.

Hope

From the series Life In Exile: On Becoming A Creative Minority as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

As part of our life here in this broken world, we commonly look for hope that the future will be better. But we need to hope in God who has made a promise and is building a Kingdom for us to belong. 

Empire vs. Kingdom

From the series Life In Exile: On Becoming A Creative Minority as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy. 

The book of Daniel is split into two parts: life in exile and life after exile. Listen along as we examine the state of our current world and contrast our empires against the Kingdom of God.