Bridgetown Audio Podcast

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." How can we learn from the Biblical figures who came before us to navigate our current cultural moment? We must root ourselves in Jesus to avoid a failure of nerve and a failure of heart. 

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." Jesus confronts hypocrisy in church leaders and calls his followers to a different way. In a time when deconstruction is the cultural tide we swim in and disillusionment with pastors is widespread and well-earned, there is a lot we can learn from Jesus.

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." In this well-known but little-understood teaching of Jesus, we discover that love is the measure of spiritual maturity. Nothing else. And that Jesus’s definition of love is very different from that of our host culture. Yet again, Jesus’ life and vision is incredibly compelling and offers us a new way to be human.

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." Jesus is confronted by those who seek to trap him. His response is not only genius but offers a new theonomy and way of doing money.

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." As we look at the story of Jesus coming into Jerusalem, we learn that moving through our disappointment uproots our limited human perspective and allows us to openhandedly receive the greater good that God is after.

From the series "Future Church." In the life of Jesus, we discover three ways in which He brings His people into the Kingdom of God; mercy, justice, and peace. How can we find the pressure points in Portland to be people of justice?

From the series "Future Church." For Easter, we examine the "gospel" of Jesus for what it is: good news. About something that happened in the past that has changed our present and altered the trajectory of our future forever.

From the series "Future Church." Our culture keeps us in the cycle of exhaustion, burnout and spiritual death. As a church community our desire is to become a culture of rest as a prophetic witness to the promise of rest that Jesus brings to us. In this teaching we explore the practice of Sabbath and how it habituates us towards the rest our souls need.

From the series "Future Church." In Western, urban culture, work for many people is far more than a way to pay rent; it’s a quasi-religion people look to for identity, community, and purpose. Against that backdrop is the biblical theology of work as an expression of love and serve to God and neighbor. In this teaching we explore the vision of work as an act of kavanah through the practice of vocat...

After a season of prayer and fasting, with deep sensitivity to the Spirit, our Elders and Board of Directors have a very important announcement about a transition in the next season of Bridgetown Church. Listen to learn all the details.

From the series "Future Church." Jesus had an uncanny ability to turn enemies into guests and guests into family. He did this through "radically ordinary hospitality," just eating meals around a table. Few practices are more important for the healing of our divided nation than hospitality.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

From the series "Future Church." All around us people are angry. But behind all the vitriol and hate, people are afraid. But Jesus' vision of the church is a community of peace. A community who live from a deep place of quiet calm in God. We cultivate this inner life through the practice of silence and solitude.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

From the series "Future Church." Listen to a Q&R on deconstruction and doubt with A.J. Swoboda and John Mark Comer as we ask how we can question our faith without losing it.

From the series "Future Church." Listen to a lecture from A.J. Swoboda, author of the book After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It, as we discuss the reality of deconstruction in the church. Is there a way to walk faithfully through doubt and come out the other side with a deeper love for Jesus, the church, and its tradition? Can we question our faith without losing it?

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

A daily meditation on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.

From the series "Future Church." We live in a fascinating moment when culture is becoming both more moral (in particular around human rights) and less moral at the same time. The moral relativism of secularism cannot hold a soul (much less a society) together. In this moment, Jesus' call to holiness is more acute than ever before. While for many, the word "holiness" comes with the baggage of fear...