LifeBridge Church Podcast

Sermon and announcements from virtual church service on Sunday November 29th

Called to Make a Difference   In Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus gives his followers some general, guiding principles on what they are to do in the world. 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill ca...

Called To Be Different   Now that we can view our work as participating with Christ in his redemption of all creation, now we must ask what work are we called to do, collectively as a community and individually as a follower of Jesus. Prior to thinking about what we are called to do however, I think we need to seriously wrestle with who we are called to be . When we answer this question first the...

Working with Jesus   In this series we are looking at work through lens of the big story of Scripture—creation, fall, redemption and restoration. We saw that work is created by God and good. The creation is then distorted in the fall so our work becomes toilsome and difficult. Today we are going to look at work through the lenses of redemption and restoration, ie. through the lens of Jesus. One of...

Creation Cursed   Yesterday we saw the creation of work that it existed prior to the fall. At the fall here in Genesis chapter 3 we see how work becomes toilsome and difficult. Genesis 3:17–19 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you s...

Work Created   This week we are going to put a cap on the topic of redeeming work and really drive home some of the ideas we've been talking about. In Genesis 1 we see the creation of work in what is known as the creation (or cultural) mandate. Genesis 1:28 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of...

Libby Thorngate will be our guest speaker, teaching on worship in sacred and secular workspaces.

Worship Redeemed: Part 2   In the book of Revelation the apostle John receives a vision of heaven and the return of Jesus. First in his vision of heaven he sees a picture of worship in heaven. He writes: Worship in Heaven Revelation 4:8–11  8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, h...

Worship Redeemed: Part 1   When Jesus came he showed us and taught us what true worship really looked like. He showed us by living his whole life as an act of worship to God. And he taught us most notably in John 4 when he met a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. John 4:21–26 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship...

Worship in the Law   In the Mosaic Law of the OT we see God clearly articulating to his people what worship of him ought to look like at that time in salvation history. It is God's merciful revelation of who he is and how we ought to live for him. This is all inclusive. The Law doesn't include just temple practices of formal worship in the temple. It certainly includes those but also laws about th...

Misplaced Worship   In Genesis chapter 3 we see a picture of misplaced worship—how it happens and the results that ensue. Genesis 3:1–13 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees...

Worship Created   This week we are going to put a cap on the topic of redeeming worship and really drive home some of the ideas we've been talking about. Worship is simply giving honor or homage to a being that is greater than one's self. It is ascribing great value to that being. We all worship; even the atheist worships. The question isn't whether or not we worship, it is who or what we ultimate...

Chuck Beckler of True Direction ministries is our guest preacher. He will be speaking on Worship in the moment.

Change the World   Matthew 5:13-16 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to...

Salt and Light   Matthew 5:13-16 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to a...

You Are Light   The last couple of days we have been exploring the salt metaphor Jesus uses for his disciples. Today we will look at what it means to be light. Matthew 5:14-16 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light s...

You Are Salt: Part 2   Matthew 5:13 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. Yesterday we looked at the analogy of salt, what it means and how Christians are called to be salt. We saw that Christians are called to engage with the culture by expa...

You Are Salt Last week we talked about how Jesus calls us to be different. This week we will explore how Jesus calls us to make a difference. Matthew 5:13 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. As we focused on last week Jesus says, “ You are...