Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Church: The Kingdom Spreads To The World

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

Acts - Jude

Jesus: The King Comes with His Kingdom

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

Matthew – John: To answer the brokenness of the world Jesus comes with the kingdom of God, and he becomes the king through his death and resurrection.

Israel: The Kingdom Begins Again

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

Genesis 12 – Malachi

Fall: The Kingdom Rebels Against The King

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

Genesis 3 – 11: In the next chapter of the story, humanity rebels against the king. Sin enters the picture and spirals out of control. And a story that many people write off as foolish because of a talking snake and a woman speaking parseltongue, turns out to be the most deep, profound, and intelligent insight into the human condition ever written.

Creation: The Kingdom Begins

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

Genesis 1 – 2: The Bible is a story. A single, unified story about God, humanity, and the world, that points its readers to Jesus. As disciples of Jesus, we work to understand what the Bible communicates within the context of this great story.

Eat It

From the series It Is Written as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

The Cutting Room Floor: Inerrancy

From the series It Is Written as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

John Mark Comer and Dr. Gerry Breshears discuss the idea of the Bible being “inerrant” or without error. The Bible is a library of books written by humans as they were led by the Holy Spirit. Does this mean the Bible has human errors or is it a flawless telling of the story of God? Is inerrancy a helpful, intelligent, and accurate way to talk and think about the Bible?

Where On Earth Did the Bible Come From?

From the series It Is Written as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

What does it mean to believe that the Bible is a divine word to God’s people? Does it require a belief that the book fell from heaven or that its origins are less than human? In this teaching we’ll explore a crash course on the history of the Bible and why it came into existence. It’s a covenant document, telling the story of how has rescued and redeemed a people, invited them into a covenant relationship, and given them the terms of the covenant relationship. That story all leads to Jesus and the family he invites all humans to join.

Shaped

From the series It Is Written as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.

This week we tackle the question, what is the Bible for? What is this library of writings supposed to do in our life and community? We make the case that Scripture was designed to be read for formation, not just information. We are all being formed in a certain kind of person by our habits, our community, and our environment; Scripture is counter-formation. We read the Bible to consciously cooperate with God in shaping us into the image of Jesus.

Interpreting the Bible’s Creation Stories

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

Genesis chapters 1 and 2 contain some of the most explosive ideas about God and human beings that history has ever known, but they’ve been sadly overlooked due to the creation-evolution controversies in American history.  In this evening lecture, Tim Mackie will help us rediscover how ancient Israelites would have read and understood these stories, and explore how they contribute to the Biblical storyline as a whole.