Life Together

Pastor Mike has on Stacy Mathews, Kerri Bryant, and Summer Hermann to talk about Christmas traditions their families do and ideas for all of GBC, no matter how your family looks, to keep the focus on Christ during the Christmas season.

With the coming of the advent season, Pastors Mike and Todd spend some time talking about favorite Christmas traditions and the importance of the incarnation to our theology and also how it impacts us as we live our lives. Books Mentioned: "Jotham's Journey" by Arnold Ytreeide "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson "The Virgin Birth of Christ" by J. Gresham Machen

Pastors Mike and Todd continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer ( https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives ). This is our second distinctive which reads: We are a church that prays because we depend on God. Prayer is our shameless admission that we can do nothing without Him. Therefore, p...

Pastors Mike and Todd begin a new podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer ( https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives ). This is our first distinctive which reads:We are committed to expository preaching because we deeply believe that what the Bible says about itself is true ( 2 Timothy 3:16-17 ; Heb...

We're back with Season 4 of the podcast! On this episode, Pastor Mike Dahl gets to visit with Gresham Bible Church's founding pastor, Vergil Brown. They talk about how Vergil was called to ministry, the story of GBC starting, what he's doing now at Redemption Church in Portland, and hear encouragement for us as a growing church.

On this special episode, Pastor Mike sits down with Jacob Hansen (Outreach and Community Care Assistant at Grace Community Church), to discuss the upcoming Serve East County service project that will be happening on Saturday, August 26th. They talk about how Serve East County started, the vision for the program, and how you can be involved. If you have any questions please reach out to Mike ( mike...

Pastor Mike sits down with Pastor Todd and producer Jordan to discuss Todd's book, "Superheroes Can't Save You." They discuss how comic book superheroes are stand-ins for heresies about Jesus, the importance of upholding the humanity and divinity of Jesus, and nerd out about comic books.

Pastor Mike, Pastor Todd, and producer Jordan have a discussion about evangelism, specifically from the framework of Elliot Clark's book, "Evangelism as Exiles." -"Evangelism as Exiles" by Elliot Clark: https://www.amazon.com/Evangelism-Exiles-Life-Mission-Strangers/dp/057846201X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=P0MI63FG052S&keywords=evangelism+as+exiles&qid=1685568681&sprefix=evangelism+as+exile%2Caps...

Pastor Mike is joined by Dr. Todd Miles to talk about Biblical Theology. What is it? Why is it important? How should it impact us as individual believers and corporately in the church? Resources:"According to Plan" by Graeme Goldsworthy- https://www.amazon.com/According-Plan-Unfolding-Revelation-Bible/dp/0830826963/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Y37UOVOHVLH9&keywords=according+to+plan+graeme+goldsworthy&amp...

Pastor Mike and Todd Miles are joined by GBC's own Dave Martin and his friend, Ken Garrett, this week to talk about their shared history of going through a hurtful and spiritually abusive church experience. They discuss what to be on the lookout for, how God has been faithful to them, and offer encouragement to GBC as a whole.

Pastor Mike is joined by Todd Miles to discuss "theological triage;" how to prioritize certain doctrines as hills to die on, things to divide over, and things to disagree about.

Pastor Mike is joined by Todd Miles to learn about how he came to know the Lord, becoming a seminary professor, and what brought him and his family to GBC as our interim Teaching Pastor.

Pastor Mike has a Zoom call about SUSA (Summer in the USA), a summer missions opportunity to have students from the Basque country (near Spain) come and live with you and learn about Jesus. Our own Holly Riegelmann, who has housed many students over the years, and Chris Probasco, director of SUSA for the Portland area, talk about what SUSA is, how it is impacting the lives of teenagers and their f...

This week, Pastor Mike is joined by Jordan Bradley's father, Mark Bradley, to talk about being in ministry for four decades, counsel on parenting children to the love the Lord, and attempt to make fun of Jordan. (Producers Note: Bradleys can talk so this episode is long. Enjoy!)

Pastor Mike has a Zoom interview with missionary Matt Mormance who's family has been serving in Slovenia for years. They catch up on how the ministry is going and share how GBC can be praying for the furthering of the gospel. (Producers Note: The audio quality on this episode is a little bit worse than usual due to recording over Zoom. Thank you for your understanding.)

Children's Ministry Director Kerri Bryant and Children's Ministry Coordinator Bethany Nedelisky join the podcast to kick off our new season and talk about why they love what they do and what their hopes are for the children and parents of GBC.

We're back! Pastor Mike and producer Jordan sit down with GBC founding members, Butch Hudson (Barlow girl's basketball coach) and Mike Riegelmann (Barlow boy's and girl's water polo coach), about being in the community and serving students as coaches and how that interacts with their walks with Christ.

On Pastor Josh's last episode as leader of GBC, Pastor Mike asks Josh a wide range of hard hitting questions from "what's your go-to order at In-N-Out," to "why is church membership important?" We hope you enjoy getting to hear the heart and wisdom of Josh as he prepares to embark on his next calling in Redlands, CA.

This week, Pastors Mike and Josh talk about everything happening in the life of GBC this summer. Here are time stamps of what they talk about if you want to jump to that or be able to refer to it: 2:50- Relocation back to Dexter 12:00- Promotion Sunday/GBC Picnic 12:40- Book Clubs 16:55- GBC Mariners Game 19:00- Serve East County 20:05- GBC Day 21:00- Student Ministry

Pastors Mike and Josh, and producer Jordan, talk about Josh's process in understanding God's will to join a new ministry in California, and how to deal with the grief we may all be feeling.

Pastors Josh and Mike have a conversation about God's plan for work, our problems with work, and how the gospel helps us in our work. Here are resources recommended in the episode: "The Gospel at Work" by Sebastian Traegar and Greg Gilbert "Every Good Endeavor" by Tim Keller Center for Faith and Work: https://faithandwork.com/ PRODUCER'S NOTE: We will be taking the next two weeks off from posting...

Pastor Mike Dahl has an honest conversation with Dave and Becki Martin about spiritual abuse they experienced at a church. They touch on how God still used things from that church to minister to them, what we should all be looking out for, and how they've dealt with forgiveness over the last 25 years.

On this episode, Pastors Mike and Josh have a discussion about abiding in Christ and being mindful of the things that we are inputting and outputting from our minds and hearts.

Pastors Mike and Josh are joined by Nick Stumbo, director of Pure Desire Ministries, on this episode. Nick shares honestly about his journey with sexual brokenness and how the Lord's providence led him to Pure Desire Ministries. They also talk about how everyone has sexual brokenness and how the church can open up, share, and love one another through battling this sin.

Pastor Mike Dahl sits down with drummer extraordinaire, Eric Wood, to hear how he came to know the Lord, how the gospel of Romans speaks into his life daily, and how to raise your family to follow Jesus.