Bridgeway Church

God cries too. God came to the world, fully human, as a baby boy. He felt pain, he felt hunger, he felt anger. Jesus was fully human and He truly gets us.

The Holy Spirit leads us to give to those around us as an act of love. Being generous is not "the norm". We have to intentionally give into that push from the Holy Spirit. Following the Holy Spirit's nudges can make us look more and more like people of Jesus – and that's a beautiful thing.

Everyday Supernatural | Week 3 | Freedom

The Holy Spirit is a guide. It reminds us of our place and purpose. Being led by the Spirit reminds us that we have a powerful role to represent God to the world. We just need to be open to following those nudges.

The Holy Spirit can be confusing and tends to be the part of the trinity that is pushed aside. We're working in this series to gain a better understanding of the Holy Spirit and see how it works in our everyday lives.

As much as we hope that God's voice is loud and clear, it isn't always like that. Sometimes his voice is quiet and gets buried under all the other noise in our lives. Cutting out that extra noise can make hearing God so much more clear.

Reading the Bible is so important, but it's even more important to engage with the scriptures and live our life like Jesus – loving and serving others. This is one of the incredible ways we hear God's voice and don't even realize it.

Hearing God is something most people think is not possible or we think we're not trying hard enough to hear him. But in reality, we hear God in many different ways that aren't a loud, booming voice from heaven – we're just listening in the wrong place.

For I know the plans I have for you – it's such an uplifting verse, but the context behind it isn't as uplifting as you'd hope. Joel takes a look at the context and how we can still get a powerful, yet different, message from this verse.

Examine Yourself before communion – this verse often causes fear and makes us feel like we have to repent and be "holy" in order to take communion. The actual meaning of this verse is so much more meaningful! Join us for another week of dissecting these misunderstood verses.

Do not judge – we often take this verse as a way to tell others not to judge us. But Christians are often seen as some of the most judgemental people. We should be working on not being judgemental and instead loving everyone despite differences and disagreements.

Where two or more are gathered – it's a popular verse used for small gatherings of Christians, but that verse has more to it than what we're used to hearing. Jesus is talking about His powerful presence when we engage in restoring and building relationships. We can learn so much when looking at the context of these popular verses!

There are hundreds and hundreds of verses taken out of context in the Bible and given a new meaning than was originally intended. In this series, we're looking at the most common verses that are misunderstood. We're excited to learn a lot and look at the bible through a new lense in this series.

Loving others is so much more important than any rules or traditions. Pastor Matt Dilley brings us this powerful message about sin and changing how we engage with others and God.

Doubting is natural, but many Christians feel like it's wrong to doubt your faith and God. You're not less of a Christian because of your doubts. Many religious leaders have confessed to having doubts. It's how we handle those doubts that really matters.

We're called to live open-handed. If you move towards generosity to those in need, it will change your heart and view on the world. Generosity is more than just giving money because you feel obligated to. It's rooted in love and a desire to help those around us.

Being counter cultural looks like serving others. Jesus didn't see himself as better or more important than others. He served those around him and we're called to do the same.

Being counter cultural means loving our enemies. Loving those that look different and think different. Being counter cultural should make others question why we are the way we are. Being counter cultural is part of being a Christian.

In our land between moments, sometimes there is God’s discipline. God doesn’t cause evil to happen upon us, but he will use our natural consequences so that we can grow. God's discipline is always in love for us.

When we find ourselves in the land between, it's easy to meltdown. We may find ourselves angry and questioning God. In the midst of meltdown, we're called to be real and honest with God and trust that He will come through.

There's a lot of transitions happening in the life of Bridgeway. Maybe your life is going through some difficult transitions too. God calls us to trust in him during these difficult times. It's not an easy choice, but it's a choice you won't regret.

We've spent 4 amazing years in the bank building, but it's come time to move. Join us as we look back at where we came from and look forward at all the awesome things we'll continue to do in our community in the new building!

Jesus calls us to invite others to our tables. Not just those who look like us and think like us, but invite those who are different and outcast. Jesus shared tables with everyone: pharisees, sinners, people who disagreed with his teachings, and many others. What would it look like for us to do the same?

Distractions aren't always a bad thing. Our family members can distract us, a hobby we enjoy can distract us, or even every day things like cleaning house can be a distraction. Those aren't bad things but they can become a bad distraction, if it distracts us from spending time with Jesus and building a closer relationship with Him.

Our tables can be used as a tool of love for others. Jesus invited people to the table that others thought were unworthy. We can learn from Jesus to be open and accepting to those we may not normally invite to our tables.