Bayview Podcast

Welcome to Episode 127 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about Righteous anger vs. Worldly anger. Anger in itself is not a sin, nor is it something we are told not to feel in the Bible, but how is it that we approach our anger. Chris, Andrew, and Richie breakdown how righteous anger and worldly anger are actually near identical in itself, but it's what we do wit...

Welcome to Episode 126 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, we breakdown the start of Bayview's series kickoff into the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John is a book that has the most personal look into Jesus' life, and comes with a lot to breakdown. Chris, Andrew, and Richie shine light on the overview of John, and how it is we can best understand it as we dive deep into such a...

Welcome to Episode 125 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, we talk about Christmas 2025. Richie, Chris, and Andrew bring in several of Bayview's staff in to talk about their favorite parts of this year's holiday season, and then talk in depth about why it is that we value this time of year so much. Happy new Year! We are based out of Bayview Church in Traverse City, MI. We'...

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, we talk about this past Sunday's team teaching, where Chris, Andrew, and Richie discussed why Jesus received the three gifts that He did after being born. Why specifically Myrrh? What purpose did it have to a baby? Why was it not some other incense? The hosts discuss further in detail these questions that were answered on S...

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, we talk about this past Sunday's team teaching, where Chris, Andrew, and Richie discussed why Jesus received the three gifts that He did after being born. Why specifically Frankincense? What purpose did it have to a baby? Why was it not some other fragrance? The hosts discuss further in detail these questions that were answ...

Welcome to Episode 122 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, we talk about this past Sunday's team teaching, where Chris, Andrew, and Richie discussed why Jesus received the three gifts that He did after being born. Why specifically Gold? What purpose did it have to a baby? Why was it not some other precious metal or stone? The hosts discuss further in detail these questions that wer...

Welcome to Episode 121 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew breakdown the end of our sermon series, 'Endure.' Over the series, we talked a lot about what it means to Endure different parts of our spiritual walk. Today, we bring it all together to discuss how we as Christians push forward through the hardships of life with God remaining at the center of...

Welcome to Episode 120 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew breakdown this past Sunday's sermon talking about Paul's talk on the Last Days. As talked about on Sunday, we took a look at how the Last Days that Paul mentions are different from the End Times. Today, we breakdown what age we are currently living in, and what exactly our mission is to be whil...

Welcome to Episode 119 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew discuss what it means to guard your heart in your walk with Jesus. Not only is there a lot of anger in the world we live in, but we often get caught up in that anger. From that emotion, we can choose to have a mindset that is hurtful to us and the people around us. What can we do as followers of Christ...

Welcome to Episode 118 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew breakdown what it means to truly trust God's plan for your life. So often as Christians, we doubt the path He has us on, and try to get God on our page, when God's the one who wrote the book. God knows exactly what path we're on, and all we should do is endure in humility and wait on Him. G...

Welcome to Episode 117 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Richie and Andrew discuss the unhealthy pattern of treating our faith and relationship with Jesus like a pit stop. Often, we choose against living a full uninterrupted life with Jesus, and treat him as a recharge station. We can often use our faith as a means of 'feeling better' in our times of need, just to continue li...

Welcome to Episode 116 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris and Andrew talk about persecution in the church world. While we in the states don't normally face physical persecution, it doesn't mean we won't be looked at differently or negatively for our faith. At any given point, we need to be ready to deal with people challenging our faith, and we only can do that by be...

Welcome to Episode 115 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew discuss the joys and benefits of discipline in the life of a Christian. Part of the struggle with walking with and following Jesus is that we are so easily distracted by the world around us. Today, the three hosts talk about ways that we can directly remove ourselves from those distractions, and then d...

Welcome to Episode 114 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew talk about how we should correctly understand scripture. There are passages in scripture that can be difficult to fully understand. While it is important that we look to sources to help us understand better, there are also sources to stay away from, even if they look, feel, and sound completely legitimate....

Welcome to Episode 113 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris and Andrew are joined by Thrive Medical Clinic's Executive Director, Avery McCutcheon. Avery became the new director of Thrive at the young age of 24. She comes to us today to share her amazing story and how God has been with her through every step of her young career. She also shares more about Thrive Medical Clinic...

Welcome to Episode 112 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew wrap up our GO series, and specifically wanted to talk about engaging closed circles. This was something that we touched on a couple weeks ago when Andrew spoke, but today is a further deep dive of how we see it in our own lives. This episode brings real life application, and we highly recommend giving...

Welcome to Episode 111 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew break down further Richie's message from Sunday on bias. We talked about how everyone has bias inherently in their way of thinking, and how as Christians it can be both beneficial and dangerous when we let bias stop us from truly thinking about something. We are based out of Bayview Church in Trave...

Welcome to Episode 110 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew talk about what means to be a Christian in a dark world, and what the response of the church should be to both recent events and ones to come. How can we as Christians be the light and how can we do so without pushing others away? We are based out of Bayview Church in Traverse City, MI. We'd love f...

Welcome to Episode 109 of the Bayview Podcast. In today's episode, Chris, Richie, and Andrew break down this month's series; 'GO'. Overall the month is focused on missions, both local and abroad. More specifically, we are breaking down the direct mission of the Church as a whole, and what it means for us to be a part of that mission.   We are based out of Bayview Church in Traverse...

Welcome to Episode 108 of the Bayview Podcast. Chris, Richie, and Andrew are joined by missionary John Cox, who works with mission impact in Guatemala. John brings us stories of both personal experience and the stories of how God is working in every aspect of his life and the lives of those in Guatemala. Not only is this a podcast to listen to, but we'll be working with John directly to help u...

Welcome to Episode 107 of the Bayview Podcast. Chris, Richie, and Andrew are looking back on our summer series over Genesis. Each week this summer, we've taken a deep dive into a lot of the big and important stories. Today though, we're taking an opportunity to look at the book as a whole and looking at the overall themes that we see throughout. We're also talking about how it applies to us in our...

Welcome to Episode 105 of the Bayview Podcast. Today, Andrew and Richie are joined by Pastor Martin Rizzi. Martin is one of the pastors down at the Buckley Tabernacle, and comes to us with both a great story and valuable conversations. Martin is a first generation believer, meaning he's the first in his family to come to know and love Jesus. The three of them discuss how our testimonies matter...

Welcome to Episode 105 of the Bayview Podcast. Today, Andrew is joined by return guest, Dr. Kim Pensinger, along with his wife Josie, and their son Micheal. Dr. Kim was a guest on episode 4 of the podcast, and is back two years later to share what has been going on in life. In that time, Dr. Kim developed a rare type of cancer, and has been cured from it. Today, the Pensingers discuss the impact i...

Welcome to Episode 104 of the Bayview Podcast. Today we have a very special guest joining us. Chris and Andrew welcome Jim and Liz VanSteenhouse. Jim is also known as "The Bear Man." Jim gets his nickname from surviving a Grizzly Bear attack. Jim shares his incredible story, and how the attack not only changed his faith, but radicalized his life and family. We also have the privilege of being join...

Welcome to Episode 103 of the Bayview Podcast. Chris, Andrew, and Richie all just came off of a week of youth camp, and hav noticed something; there is a revival happening in youth across the country. Today, they share not just their experiences, but also what's happening on a national level, and how we as parents and individuals can be supporting youth in their walks with Christ. This is a gr...