Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Prayer Training

From a Midweek Lecture as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy. 

Listen along to a prayer training with Mike Pilavachi as discusses how to create space to hear from the Spirit and respond. 

Why?

From the series The Sage: On The Problem Of Evil And Good as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

Theodicy is how you square the reality of a God who created the world out of love with the heinous, gut-wrenching evil we read in the news every single day. Every theodicy has holes in it; this is an area of wide disagreement in the global, historic church. But with humility, we beat up on one popular theodicy and propose a better way forward.

Job: The Curtain Behind The Universe

From the series The Sage: On The Problem Of Evil And Good as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

In a fascinating walk through the book of Job, we see that the starting place for a conversation around the problem of evil is this: there are no easy answers. But there is a place for lament. And the invitation is to trust God no matter what kind of evil we face.

Disappearing Church

From a Midweek Lecture as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

Weaving together art, history, and theology, pastor and cultural observer Mark Sayers reminds us that real growth happens when the church embraces its countercultural witness, not when it blends in. It’s like Jesus said long ago, “If the salt loses its saltiness, it is no longer good for anything…”

Rebuild, Restore, Renew

From the series The Prophet as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy. 

The Kingdom

From the series The Prophet as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

The Prophet

From the series The Prophet as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy. 

Is God A Blood Thirsty Carnivore?

From the series The Story Of Israel as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

How to Read and Interpret the Old Testament

From the series The Story Of Israel as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

Failing, Not Failure

From the series The Story Of Israel as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

What the Father wants today is the same as has always been—live out of your true identity and give him your faithful obedience, not just your sacrifice.