The Bridge Churches Podcast

One of the best things about a road trip is the stories that are born out of that time together, and the stories that are told between point A and point B. Here’s an interesting thought. Whether you’re in the driver’s seat or the passenger’s seat, someday you’ll be driving with someone who will be sharing their story with you, and what they’ll need in that moment to help them get through isn’t a B...

One of the best parts about old road trip photos isn’t just being reminded of what you say, but it’s seeing who you saw what you saw with. But sometimes pictures don’t do the moment justice. Sometimes pictures don’t tell the whole story. Not just about what we saw, but about who we were. No matter where we’ve been or where we’re going, all of us know what we want to be known FOR, but there’s somet...

Traveling with others isn’t always easy. At times it means listening to music we don’t know or enjoy. It means eating at places that don’t appeal to us. It means space is limited and that means at times it’s uncomfortable. We can’t take everything we want with us, so as we journey to our tomorrow together, we may end up saying “no” to things we value in order to make space for those who are travel...

“That’s good enough.” We’ve all said it…but we wouldn’t want our mechanic to say it. As we travel to our tomorrow together, and take a look under the hood at our culture, we’re going discover that excellence may not always be attainable, excellence is a choice and mediocrity is a curse.

“You shouldn’t have!” “You didn’t need to do that!” All of have said those words. Maybe even heard them. What if our life was meant to be defined by them? What if what we give is actually a gauge of our understanding, not of what we have, but of what we’ve been given? As we continue to journey towards our tomorrow together, we’re going to open up the hood and look at our culture: what is actually...

At this time in 2019, we did a series called, “Carpool” where we talked about our future and how we could go further, faster, if we went together. After experiencing some momentum towards the end of 2019 and into 2020, a global pandemic caused us to take detour onto some back roads that had not been traveled. Thankfully the time has come for us to get back on the highway, and as we merge over to t...

The air is getting cooler. The days are getting longer. It’s that time of year. “Back to school.” While most parents look forward to this time for their kids to get back into some routine, for many children and teenagers, this is a season of transition. New halls, new classrooms, new teachers, and new schools. Here’s the thing: transitions aren’t easy. It doesn’t matter your age or stage, transiti...

Do you admire those long-time married couples who still have that newlywed spark? Do you wonder what their secret is? Maybe you doubt it’s even possible to keep your marriage commitments. Pastor Craig’s sharing three secrets to getting the marriage you want. No matter your relationship status, there’s something in this message for you. Special thanks to Life. Church for access to these messages.

Money can be awkward to talk about and difficult to understand. But how we spend our money often determines how we spend our lives. In this message, Dave Ramsey is teaching us the power of intentionality when it comes to our finances. Special thanks to Life. Church for access to these messages.

This Sermon courtesy of Life. Church. Have you ever been told empty promises? It can be confusing and hurtful when someone you trust lets you down. Does God keep all of His promises? How can we know? We’ll find the answers together with special guest Sadie Robertson Huff.

Anxiety is not part of God’s plan for your life. In this message, Shawn Johnson’s teaching us how to attack anxiety and fight for the freedom God wants for each of us. Special thanks to Life. Church for access to these messages.

We do it all the time. We compare our friends vacations to ours. We compare our home to our neighbours. We compare our cars, marriages, kids, jobs, and so much more to everyone around us. As we look around we are certain that everyone, or at least many, have it better than we do. But, what if we are chasing after something that is not even real?

Our perspective and understanding can bring us down as the experiences and things we know from this world impact our outlook and perception. We often put ourselves in these boxes of self-doubt and a false understanding of the self and what God calls us to. Through faith, we can see clearly as it is a means of deciding, acting on what to do, with what we experience and learn to better ourselves, th...

We all have things we say we love, basketball, coffee, chocolate milk, the cold side of the pillow but what do you really love? Love enough to sacrifice for, to give up everything for? This week we will take some time to unpack a moment Jesus has with one of His disciples to find out what kind of love he has for Him and what that love requires of him.

There is no denying that Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, is the boss. No matter what impossible mission is set before him he does what he needs to do, alongside some faithful friends, to get it done. Join us this Sunday as we explore what Mission: Impossible teaches us about what God is doing and how he uses us to do it.

He didn’t command them to increase, but he expected them to increase. There is something God has put in you. It’s a basic instinct. The instinct to do something with what we’ve been given. God desires that we live with an instinct to be like him – the image we were created in. Our temptation is to think we’d do more or be more if we had more. That is the manifestation of the instinct to make excus...

God is not fair, but God is. God considers your ability before he gives you responsibility. Jealousy is dangerous because it implies we want a responsibility we were not built to handle. God isn’t fair, but he is, and in his wisdom, he knows what we can handle, not what we think we could, or would, handle. Contentment isn’t wanting what other people have but enjoying what God has for you. “The Thr...

“I found God.” “I came back to God.” Statements and sentiments like this are common, but that doesn’t mean they’re accurate. The most amazing thing about a story of faith isn’t that “we came to God” is that “God came to us.” This is an important revelation and distinction because when we get this part of the story backwards, it impacts everything – how we view ourselves and what we do or don’t do....

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What do you do when what you need isn’t what you want? What do you do when what’s asked of you doesn’t make sense? We’re forced to ask these questions as we deal with the “wilderness walk.” The place of “in-between” God often has us operate in. The Israelites found themselves snake bit after they lost sight of who God was and what he and Moses were doing and leading them to, and even what God aske...

Whether we like it or can admit it or not, most of our lives are spent somewhere “between” places. We’re not where we used to be, but we’re not where we want to be either. When we’re somewhere between places, we have to deal with “wilderness walk.” It’s in those moments we find ourselves asking the big questions: “Where is God? What is going to happen? How do I walk in this place of uncertainty?”...

Our Lead Pastor, Scott Landry, shares a special message about keeping the lights on at The Bridge and how practical expenses have eternal implications. Plus, three young women get baptized!

Joseph had a dream in Genesis 37, but he wasn’t big enough to experience it. He had to grow into it. He had to encounter and endure certain things so he could be robbed of the position it required for his dream to become a reality. Often we have to grow into something, which helps put current circumstances into better perspective. Do you have the grace to accommodate a change in others? Do you hav...

Joseph held on to love after years of betrayal, hardship, and loneliness. While his brothers were in a famine for food, Joseph was starving for his family. When they betrayed him years earlier, it wasn’t just his coat they stripped off and ripped apart – it was their family that was torn apart – and there was more at stake at that moment than anyone could see or understand. Mending torn relationsh...