BridgePoint Church Podcast

Why does serving matter? It's easy to give it a flippant response - it helps people! That's true. But for believers, there is SO much more to why it matters that we invest. In this message, Tyler takes us to a familiar passage to allow it to land in a fresh way. Serving people, just because, in our American culture is quite honestly a bit radical. The reason it matters for believers is because we...

Today's message will unpack the BridgePoint Church Value: we believe we are better together. This is our value of community. We were created by God for togetherness in healthy relationships, and the book of proverbs actually warns against prolonged isolation. This is a value that most folks would probably support. But practically speaking, how easy is it to end up not valuing it with our time? In...

The love of God that enters into the world in Jesus is not a fairy-tale kind of love. Jesus disrupted the worlds understanding of love to point us to the fullness of His. In todays message Travis looks at Jesus’ arrival from Joseph’s perspective. What could have been perceived as an unnecessary disruption was actually part of a much larger “love story” that God wanted to announce to the world in J...

Is peace on earth really possible? I know we're certainly searching for it, and looking for the moments of tranquility in the midst of the crazy/busyness of life. In this message, Tyler focuses on the prophecy that Jesus would be the Prince of Peace when he came at Christmas. Well He came. Did he fail at bringing peace? Or do we often end up missing it by looking for the wrong kind of peace in the...

An Everyday Joy! - The Christmas season is one where we are expected to be filled with joy. But what about the other seasons of life that take place other times of year? Is our joy intended to be a result of holiday excitement or a lasting characteristic that can be experienced throughout the year? Today, Travis unpacks the story of the Good News being announced to everyday, ordinary shepherds and...

How does a baby born around 2000 years ago provide hope for us today? Sometimes it's easy to forget how some of the teachings of our faith really matter in present day. How does that birth centuries ago matter in strained modern relationships, frustrations at work, marriage troubles, parenting hardships, and the like? In today's message, Tyler goes back to the original Christmas to make the distin...

A Gratitude Testimony - Faith grows through practicing gratitude. In this message, you will hear stories of how activating the gratitude loop in the midst of difficult circumstances is a deeply spiritual and profound experience. You will be challenged to trust God deeper as your provider and hear how that will shift your perspectives in your daily life. Questions for Reflection: • How has lacking...

Why is our world so angry? It's everywhere, isn't it? In today's message Tyler unpacks a specific theological and psychological reality about the way human beings' brains are wired. The gratitude loop is the idea that no matter what your circumstances are, the solution to being "in a better head space" is gratitude! We will unpack a Psalm together and explore how the gratitude loop could be someth...

In this message, we look at how Paul concluded his letter to Galatia, the book we call Galatians. As we walk through chapter 6, Tyler recognizes that this is a very practical but challenging message about how to use grace. How does grace help us live our purpose? What if we've made that more complicated than it needs to be? If we understand Paul, it's about allowing our faith to help hurting peopl...

How can we know if we are really living in the grace and freedom of Jesus? In a lot of ways, many of us don't usually perceive Jesus-followers as really being free. In this message, Tyler takes us to some of Paul's teaching on what true freedom looks like. Jesus wants his followers to live freely, and that's a freedom that should motivate us toward something special. This is a message that will em...

It can be easy to think we have to earn God’s grace or add things to our faith in Jesus in order to be fully covered. Looking at Paul’s words in Galatians 3, Pastor Travis reminds us that Jesus is the extended warranty of God’s grace that fully covers us from the burden of perfection, trying to do more, or add more to God’s grace. Questions for Reflection: • In what ways are you living under the ‘...

Is there any aspect of your life that has not found freedom in Jesus? In today's message, Tyler unpacks chapter 2 of Galatians. In it, Paul, the writer of the book of Galatians, is addressing some issues of people that were saying they were free in Jesus, but they were not truly living in freedom. When we try to control parts of our lives, it ultimately undermines the freedom Jesus bought for us....

Tyler kicks off our study in Galatians in chapter 1 of the book. Paul jumps straight into the chapter referencing that his letter is a God-thing, not a preference thing. The church of Paul's day was wrestling with whether Jesus' death and resurrection were enough to rescue the human heart. In today's message, Tyler challenges us to ask if Jesus' death and resurrection are real. As Paul recounts in...

In the wake of Hurricane Ian lots of people are asking, where is God when life gets crazy? Often times the weight and perspective of our circumstances can cause a crushing heaviness in our soul. In this message, Tyler unpacks that Jesus desire was to satisfy our souls so completely that in the good times and bad times we discover that it is worth growing to know Him as enough for our souls. Like P...

What if God wanted to use you? For some of us, our natural response is feel like we're too broken or disqualified to be used by God. On the other hand, some of us are open to that and simply want to know what to do and when to do it. In this message, Tyler will help us see that Jesus had different ideas for what it looks like for His followers to truly become His people. In a familiar parable, Tyl...

Church is more than showing up to the same place, at the same time, on the same day, with the same people. A key piece of the puzzle is meaningful connections and a commitment to go through life together. This was a commitment for the early church and a rhythm for us to incorporate in the church today. Questions for Reflection: • What keeps you from connecting in the life of the church and going t...

Imagine what our neighborhoods would look like if we lived in Holy Spirit power, like Jesus suggested in his final statement before Heaven. Often times, it seems followers of Jesus paralyze themselves because they feel responsible for everything related to the moving of God. Hopefully this message is freeing because it reminds us that God isn't calling us to everything, but He is calling us to som...

It’s one thing to know Gods Word, it’s another to let it change and transform our lives. I’m today's message, Pastor Travis looks at the story of Jeremiah to highlight the importance of responding when God speaks into our lives.

What if God wants us to become something that we are not yet? Actually there's a promise that God has begun a good work in us and will carry it out to completion. But are we listening to when God speaks? Jesus actually says it is a reflection of our love for Him when we work to listen to when He speaks. We should wonder then, how is God's Word initiating change in my life? If it's not, are we list...

When reading the Bible do you struggle to see how it is relevant to your life? In today's message Travis unpacks the truth that the relevance of God’s Word becomes clear through Jesus Christ. God is speaking, the question is are we willing to listen and how will we choose to respond? Questions for Reflection? • When reading the Bible do you struggle to see how it is relevant to your life? • The Bi...

Do you ever wish you could hear directly from God about something related to your life? Ever asked the question, what is the Bible and why should I read it? Today's message aims to move us from seeing the Bible as "just a book", to an understanding that it is the living and active word of a God who wants to speak to you and I today. Questions for Reflection: • What area of your life are you wantin...

Do you consider yourself to be a “good” leader? What is good leadership and how do we identify good leadership in our lives and people around us? In today’s message, Pastor Travis suggests that good leadership is leadership that reflects the goodness of God and pursues the goodness of others. Questions for Reflection: • How do you use your God-given gifts to reflect the goodness of God? • How are...

So many people in our culture seem to live unfulfilled lives, which begs the question: what kind of life are they leading? In today's message, Tyler looks to Paul's wisdom about how to fully discover God's purpose for you. In light of Jesus' death and resurrection, Paul suggests the key to finding our purpose is to present our lives back to God because of what Jesus has done for us. The danger of...

The message for today comes through an interview. In this interview with Tom and Joyce about their journeys through loss and grief. It feels weird to say it, let alone believe, that Jesus would say "blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted". How in the depths of mourning and grief does one feel comfort. Today's message unpacks exactly how, in the midst of some of life's most heartbr...

One thing we know for sure is that things won’t always go our way. We can tell a lot about ourselves by the way we respond to something in the moment. In this message Tyler teaches about a promise from God that gives us hope in this broken world. The promise that God will work all things together for good. The reality is the closer we get to God, the more we will experience His goodness. Questions...