The Baldy Bishops

Matt and Alan get together for a bonus episode of the Gospel Community series as they chat through the purpose of our Sunday evening Growth Groups. “A Gospel Community is a group of needy people who have stopped leaning on their own strength and wisdom and stopped bragging about their own abilities and achievements, but instead are desperately dependant on Jesus, point each other to Jesus, and giv...

Continuing the Gospel Community series. Matt and Alan continue in 1 Corinthians as they look at how the churches at Corinth were divided over liberty issues in chapter 8-10. Paul encourages them in the gospel and then challenges them to go above the knowledge of their freedom and mature into true gospel love for one another.

Matt and Alan continuing the Gospel Community series as they begin to open up 1 Corinthians and explore how the gospel transforms divisive, prideful, selfish people into mature, godly people who live in unity with one another.

Part of the Gospel Community series. Matt and Alan finish up the letter to the Romans, discussing Romans 15-16 and the one another commands there.

Continuing the Gospel Community series. Matt and Alan talk through Romans 14 which considers how Christians can live in peace and building each other up, even in our differences when it comes to liberty issues.

Continuing the Gospel Community series. Matt and Alan work through the rest of Romans 12, discussing what it looks like to live out the mercies of God in our one-anothering of one another.

Matt and Alan begin the Gospel Community series as they discuss how the Gospel Lens and the Bearing Fruit series plays out in the relationships of brothers and sisters in Christ called to do life together, not in isolation.

Starting a now and then series on the podcast: Proclaim! Alan and Matt get together with Trevy to discuss how the Gospel Identity in our Sin and Suffering and the Suffering and Fruit themes meet at the street level of someone's life.

Finishing up the Bearing Fruit series. Matt and Alan consider the link between our suffering and our fruit bearing.

Part of the Bearing Fruit Series Matt and Alan talk through some practical ways to root our faith and hope to Christ. Scripture Prayer Fellowship Gathering

Part of the Bearing Fruit series. Matt and Alan get to the second part of the Soil Work. God does everything he does for his glory. His glory is the "weight" of his character and attributes being put on display through his presence and works. Our deep motivation for doing all that we do as believers is as a response to the glory of God.

Part of the Bearing Fruit Series Matt and Alan turn from our work to God's work. God's grace is the deep well of motivation and strength to serve him and others with joy. We take a look at: General Grace Saving Grace Sanctifying Grace Serving Grace Sustaining Grace

Part of the Bearing Fruit Series. Last time we looked at the root work of hope. But how can we grow in our hope? The scriptures tell us that we grow in our hope as we grow in our faith. Matt and Alan get together to discuss this second part of the root work of the believer.

Part of the Gospel Lens Series. Matt and Alan get together to take a look at 2 Corinthians 5 and the account of Balaam. They urge Christians to be about the gospel movement above any other movements.

Part of the Bearing Fruit Series. Matt and Alan begin to discuss the Root Work of the Christian life as they explore biblical hope. It's only as we root ourselves into the rich soil of Jesus Christ's person and work that we will have the strength and desire to bear the fruit he wants to produce in us.

Part of the Gospel Lens series. Matt and Alan get together to discuss what it looks like to live out our gospel identity in the nitty gritty of everyday life.

Continuing the Bearing Fruit series. Matt and Alan look at John 15 and other passages to show that Jesus is the only God pleasing fruitful human that has ever lived and the only one who can produce fruit in us as we abide in him.

Continuing the Bearing Fruit series. Last time Matt and Alan discussed how, in our natural flesh, we can only ever produce bad fruit. Now they discuss what it looks like when we "fake it till we make it" and consider how the motives of guilt and shame only ever lead us to despair, legalism, hypocrisy, pride and judging others.

Part of the Gospel Lens series. Matt and Alan take a look at Philippians 3 and explore the idea that, not only are we tempted to find our identity in our sin and suffering, but also in our service to God and others and in our successes. They consider how Paul the apostle, who had more reason than many of us to find his identity in his successes, chooses instead to rest his identity in the gospel o...

Part of the Bearing Fruit series. Matt and Alan take a look at Isaiah 5 and other passages to understand why the human heart, without the Spirit powerfully working in us, can only ever produce bad fruit and wild grapes.

Continuing the Bearing Fruit series. Matt and Alan take a look at 1 Chronicles 29 and other passages to show what it looks like to live in the reality that God doesn't need us, but he does love us and delights to see our obedience to him. We are the needy ones, not him.

Continuing the Gospel Lens series. Matt and Alan take a look at 1 Corinthians 1 and discuss why we can't, and therefore shouldn't, boast in our own wisdom, strength or privilege - basically in any of our own achievements. Our only boast is Jesus.

From the Bearing Fruit series. Matt and Alan watch how Martha's life is transformed as she is served by Jesus and comes to terms with who he is, what he has done for her and who she is because of him. Martha continues to serve in the same way she did before, but this time, in John 11-12 we see that her motive and therefore her attitude is completely different.

From the Gospel Lens series. When we suffer, we are tempted to define ourselves by our pain and loss or what other people think about us in our suffering. When we sin, we are tempted to allow the shame and guilt to cause us to define ourselves by our sin. Matt and Alan discuss, from Colossians 3, how rooting our identity in Christ, especially through our struggles and temptations, is life changing...

Continuing the Bearing Fruit series, Matt and Alan discuss Luke 10, where Martha is busy serving, but not out of a heart of love. Alan nicknames this idea of serving without love "Pulling a Martha" - and we've all done it!