BridgePoint Church Podcast

As we close out the year, it’s time to reflect on God’s transformative work in our lives. Revisiting meaningful messages from the past 12 months, this message calls us to remember key teachings about worship, grace, purpose, and love. Additionally we can take a moment to ask ourselves the questions: Where are we spiritually? What is God inviting us into next? Let’s reflect and prepare to take inte...

In this message we look at how to experience God's peace beyond understanding. The key lies in letting go of our need to control. As we celebrate Christmas, it's important to remember that true peace comes from trusting God's plan, not in managing every detail of our lives. Join us as we explore how the birth of Jesus teaches us to trust in God's guidance, helping us find peace amidst the holiday...

The "good news of great joy" declared at Jesus' birth is far more than fleeting happiness. Biblical joy is soul-deep contentment that comes from trusting God in every circumstance. Though Jesus endured the agony of the cross, he modeled how we can choose enduring joy because of God's love and sovereignty. When we behold the miracle of Christ's birth, we discover a reservoir of joy that can transfo...

The heart of this Christmas series is to make sure we SEE IT - the biblical meaning behind "behold." In this message, Tyler reminds us that Christmas is about love. One of the foundational aspects of our faith is that God incarnated, born into His creation. That's hard to fathom, but the reason why is even more unfathomable: His love for you. Jesus came to rescue us from sin and death, and to see...

Former Bridgepoint staff member and Lead Pastor of City Light Church, Brennan Washington, returns to preach on the nature of biblical hope. He explains how Jesus is the fulfillment of God's long-held promises to bring hope to the world, contrasting worldly wishful thinking with scriptural confident expectation. Brennan shows how God's faithfulness throughout history should build our trust and hope...

We often allow our circumstances and past experiences to define us. Just like the man in this passage who was paralyzed for 38 years, we can get stuck in an identity shaped by what we cannot do or overcome on our own. Our impossibilities form our excuses. But Jesus sees beyond these excuses and false identities. He asks, “Would you like to get well?” inviting us into a new identity grounded in His...

In this final message on 1 Corinthians, Tyler focuses on chapter 15, which Paul used as the glue holding his letter together. Paul's point: Jesus' resurrection anchors everything in our faith. Many eyewitnesses saw Jesus die and come back to life. This pivotal event changes everything - it proves Jesus defeated sin and death! The resurrection invites us to find new life in Christ today. Do we embr...

In this timely message, Pastor Tyler unpacks 1 Corinthians 12 to address how churches can thrive today. He explains that God has gifted each believer - despite their differences - to serve others in love. Unity in diversity displays Christ's power. The key is moving from passivity to actively investing our gifts. Pastor Tyler challenges spectators to take next steps of service. He stresses that wh...

Knowledge vs. Love: Which One Builds Up the Church? In this message, Tyler unpacks a heated debate in the early church - should believers eat meat sacrificed to idols or not? He explores how Paul rebuked both sides, not for being wrong, but for puffing themselves up with knowledge rather than building up the church in love. This message challenges us to consider how we use our own knowledge of fai...

Does God care about what we do with our bodies? In this conversation, Pastors Travis and Brad explore what Scripture teaches in 1 Corinthians about honoring God with our bodies. God created us for a purpose - to reflect His image through how we live. Our choices matter, including those regarding sexuality and relationships. The conversation reminds us that Jesus provides redemption, healing, and a...

In this message Pastor Travis teaches that the church should be set apart by its unity in Jesus Christ and him crucified. The gospel message should be the center of the church's identity, not the packaging, personalities, or preferences that divide people. He encourages the church not to focus on differences in doctrine, denominations, or styles, but on the unifying power of the cross. The message...

In this final message of our "Radical" series, we revisit Jesus' radical teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. Though countercultural in his day and ours, Jesus calls us to live differently by knowing God intimately. More than admirable behaviors, Jesus invites us into personal relationship with Him and the Father. When we are deeply known and loved by God, we are freed to live wholeheartedly for...

In this week's sermon Tyler continue's through our series looking at some of the radical teachings of Jesus during his "Sermon on the Mount". Today's teaching would have probably sent shock waves through the crowd, as Jesus introduce something that to that point in history had never been a thing: knowing and calling God as Father. Suddenly the Almighty was introduced to be someone very near, very...

In this message Tyler tackles one of Jesus' most challenging teachings - to love our enemies. This radical call to unconditional love cuts against our natural instincts. But it's the mark of a true Jesus-follower. When we love those who hurt or oppose us, our hearts start to align with God's heart of love. This message is a powerful reminder that God doesn't just love the people on "His side." He...

In the message "The Truth About Pleasing God," Pastor Tyler examines Jesus' radical teachings on righteousness and what is truly required of his followers. Exploring key passages from the Sermon on the Mount, Tyler unpacks how Christ changed the standard from outward actions to inward motives rooted in love. Through compelling stories and examples, he illustrates how cultivating loving hearts is G...

Ready to discover true happiness? In the launch of the new "Radical" series, Pastor Travis delves into Jesus' surprising definition of blessing found in the famous Beatitudes. He challenges conventional views of fulfillment and meaning, encouraging us to see through Jesus' eyes rather than the world's. Gain fresh perspective on finding lasting joy as Travis unpacks a message that shifts focus from...

In life we should be constantly asking ourselves, “What do we want?” In mark 10, we discover from Bartimaeus’ encounter with Jesus that in order to get what we want, we need to look at both what we are doing and where we are going. Questions for Reflection: • Is what are you doing and where you are going in life helping you get closer to what you want? • If not, what needs to change?

In the final message of our "Worship" series, Tyler explores the impactful story of a sinful woman finding freedom through worshipping Jesus. Through tears of gratitude, she washes his feet - an act that has echoed through the ages. Tyler draws powerful parallels for our lives today. What might it look like for each of us to authentically bring our brokenness before God? Through compelling illustr...

Our hearts are constantly misshaped outside of God. But worship reforms our hearts by recentering them on Him. This message explores worship as the antidote to anxiety, as we prioritize the spiritual and surrender control to God. Discover the power of transforming worship that honors God and reforms your heart toward His purposes. Questions for Reflection: • What worries or struggles are you holdi...

In this message, Tyler builds on the worship series by emphasizing that worship is ingrained in us because we are made in God's image. But the deceiver tries to twist our worship instinct and cause us to prioritize other people, places, ideas or things over God. Tyler warns that it's easy to slip into worshiping idols instead of God without even realizing it. We were designed to find satisfaction...

Sometimes we really box in our understanding of worship. In today's message Tyler reminds us that actually, everything is worship! All of creation worships, but mankind is the only one that can choose to not worship God. So do you worship? Because Tyler also leaves us with a caution: everything can be worship, but so can nothing if your hearts are far from Him. How well are you doing giving your l...

Is Jesus the only way to Heaven? In our modern culture especially, this question can often feel pretty heavy. Jesus' exact words in John 14:6 spell out the answer to that question in no uncertain terms: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." It's worth taking a moment to process exactly what He means, why He made such an exclusive statement, and th...

Where does evil come from? This video explores the origin of evil according to Genesis - how Adam and Eve's disobedience brought evil into the world. See how God grieved humanity's broken relationship with Him, but rather than abandoning His creation, He provided a covering for their shame and a promise of redemption through Jesus Christ. Discover the redemptive story woven into Scripture from the...

The Bible is a big book full of stories that really tell a single, better story of the world and our place in it; a story defined by God's loving work in Jesus Christ on behalf of a broken humanity seemingly trapped in distorted, lesser stories of life. Questions for Reflection: • When you think about the Bible, what word of phrase comes to mind? • If the Bible is God's story that we are drawn up...

Does God exist? Is there purpose to life? These are some of the questions that have been debated since the beginning of time. In todays message, Travis looks to the Creation story in Genesis to explore the life we have been given and what it means to live in relation to our Creator. Questions for Reflection: • How does the Biblical account of creation point to the order and purpose of creation and...