Bradford Church Podcast

Our Good Shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ, is committed to protecting us by day or by night, in the fold, or out there in the open, and then in the morning coming and leading them out and, by name, one by one, to green pastures and still waters.   The Shepherd leads us, goes before us.  He takes us in a safe way to green pastures, meaning spiritual blessing; still waters, meaning spi...

John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.  Here, Jesus makes a glorious offer: “If anyone enters by Me.”  Jesus is the exclusive Door to heaven, but His offer is inclusive of anyone who believes in Him!  Yes, anyone. Anyone who is willing to repent, anyone who is willing live for God, anyone who is willing to deny self...

Without God’s presence in our life, we are left in the dark. Why do we see great wickedness committed around the world? Why do we see people in our community increasingly sucked into drugs, alcohol, abuse, immorality, and mortal sin? Why do we hurt people, and make poor choices in our life? Because we lack God’s presence in us, God’s light is fully within us. Our community has not allowed the ligh...

Brethren, have you been trying to fill the hunger in your life with the things of this world, even the good things like food, clothing, possessions, or even relationships? Perhaps you are spiritually hungry or thirsty, feeling unsatisfied with your life. Let this be an opportunity to feed your soul with the bread from heaven.  Jesus is the Bread of Life.  #BUCCILent

Finish what you started! Let’s face it. You can have a great dream, prayed over it daily, ordered your priorities, persisted over it regardless of risks, pursued it with all your heart, and performed well, but if you don’t finish it, everything you’ve done amounts to nothing.   The greatest finisher in the Bible is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ, the author, and finisher of our fa...

The seventh step to our journey of moving FORWARD is Perform: Outlive your life. If we want reach and realize God’s dream for us this year, we need to have the audacity to do it, to carry it out, to accomplish it, act, execute it even if others are not with us.  In this message, I want us to learn how to live our lives in such a way that the result will even outlast our very lives. I am talki...

In this sermon, we trace the footsteps of the Apostle Paul, who kept a joyful heart and immovable optimism through all the shipwrecks, exiles, and prisons he went through.   There is a biblical kind of optimism - when we know who we believe in and why we trust in Him. This relentless positivity and unbridled gratefulness is the key to moving forward in all of God's plans for our lives. &...

“Because God cares more about the development of the dreamer than He cares about the fulfillment of the dream.” —Phil Tuttle   In pursuing our dreams, God wants us to mature. He wants us to develop our character.   In God’s overarching plan for our life, God is not only trying to get us to places, people, and positions but also molding us to become the different kind of Person that He wa...

What risk is God leading you to take as you go forward this year? His will for you is not earthly comfort but divine courage.    Courage to face obstacles.   Courage in the face of cultural change.   Courage when confronted with the unknown.   Courage in the midst of a pandemic.    God will never choose safety for us if it will cost our faith. This is your time t...

Did you know that the word priority came into the English language in the 1400s? It was always in the singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about Priorities.   Our lesson today comes from the New Testament this time. In our passage today, we will meet two sisters from...

Brethren, there’s nothing like the joy and praise of watching God form and fulfill His plan for your life. And it only happens as we step toward our dreams in His presence through prayer.    Let us learn 6 principles from Nehemiah’s prayer life on how we can turn our dreams into realities.   #BUCCIForward

As followers of Christ, we can cultivate a dream for our lives that outlasts the world, transforms time, changes eternity, and advances His cause and His kingdom for His glory. In fact, that’s the story of the Bible. The Bible is filled with people who saw what life could look like in God’s kingdom and then moved forward in faith. Abraham dreamed of a great nation when he was yet childless. Moses...

Forward: Our New Sermon Series   Brethren, our God-given future is not a haphazard jumble of confusing contingencies. If you feel stuck, you don’t have to be. If you feel discouraged, it’s time to deal with that. If you feel uncertain, you can get clarity. We’re traveling an appointed way filled with promises and productivity. Everything in our past has prepared us for what’s next, and every...

Our study of Heaven brings us today in the Book of Revelation written by the Apostle John when he was banished in the island of Patmos. The Book begins with these words…  The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and...

We have learned last Sunday that when a Christian dies, he or she is immediately carried into the intermediate state, the Present Heaven, a transitional period between our past lives on Earth and our future resurrection to life on the New Earth.   Today, let’s learn all about this Present Heaven.

Here in the 16th chapter of Luke, we have the story which is usually referred to as the rich man and Lazarus.  From this story, Jesus is going to show us what happened to them after their death. The story is about to lay a foundation for us to understand what happens when people die. We are going to talk about the Heaven Now, the Intermediate State—the condition of our souls between our death...

❗ WARNING: These seven things are so precious and tempting that you may want to go to heaven right after the service.   In this hope-filled, joyous sermon, we look forward to Heaven with so much delight! What things are waiting for you beyond the pearly gates? Find out today.   #HeavenSeries

Many people have their own interpretations of Heaven. Your view of Heaven can greatly shape your outlook on life. If we are going to spend our eternity in Heaven, then we better check the place, don't you think? Yes, heaven is a real place, not just a mental or psychological state. The Bible is the only accurate source of info about the promised Heaven of God. In this sermon, we answer the questio...

Hope is a powerful thing. And God wants you to pray to have greater hope. God wants you to pray to spiritually see the hope that is yours already in Christ. Much prayer, much hope. Little prayer, little hope.  That's what we have in the last half of Ephesians 1. It's a prayer of hope.   #40DaysofHope

The Lord's Church will endure on earth until Christ comes for us, then we'll be taken home. Let's stay positive about the Church of Jesus Christ on earth. Its best days are still ahead.   #40DaysOfHope

"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face ... then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.'  What does that mean? That means that the future hope of our country is wrapped up in the lives of men and women like you and like me-- men and women who believe in the transcendent value of God's Word, who are not ashamed...

What's the status on your home front?  How strong is your marriage right now?  What happened to your dream marriage and your aspirations for a loving home?  Let's return to the authority of Scripture, re-establish our churches as places where marriages are made and families are nurtured, and take responsibility for leading our families in Christ-like ways.  “Blessed is he whose...

Jesus is in the business of reclaiming lost articles. He came to seek and to save the lost. It may take a while, for it's a process. It's hard work. It's divine work. It doesn't happen overnight, but when the lost are saved, we should rejoice. If you've worried yourself sick about someone you love who is lost, the Father in heaven sympathizes with you. The Bible is teeming with principles and less...

How can we share our hope with our neighbors in such a time as this? How do we effectively communicate the hope and help we find in our God to those who need it the most?  Listen to our sermon a we meditate on Psalm 146.  #40DaysOfHope

The entire epistle of 1 Peter is one of the most hopeful and hope-filled writings in all human literature, and if you’d like to engage in a pleasant half-hour Bible study, sit down quietly and read through 1 Peter, marking and meditating on the occurrences of both the word and the concept of hope that run through the verses like a golden thread. The apostle longed to dispense hope to his readers b...