The Bridge Of One Podcast

All of us want to know Jesus more and experience the life that He has promised us. But this happens only as we commit to a life of growing in the Lord. This can be confusing at times but the GOD of the scripture gives us strategic and clear ways to know Him. Paul highlights at least five realities that believers must accept and adopt if we are to have our eyes opened more and more to the glory of...

Many are content and or have problems with the doctrine of the Trinity. Yet, the Apostle Paul assumed that God was to be viewed as One God, in Three persons because salvation necessitated it. Some, still, erroneously hold to the heresy modalism – expressed in the Jehovah Witnesses and, also, packaged today as Oneness Pentecostalism. Yet, such views are heretical because they undermine the God of t...

This is the beginning of our walk through Ephesians. In this episode Sherard talks about how preaching through Ephesians changed his theological life! Join us as he walks through Paul’s letter to the Ephesian Christians and, in this episode, tells why this is the one book he would choose if he could only have one book of the Bible. Find More Information by clicking the link below: https://linktr.e...

This will change how you understand your conversion. What happened when the Lord saved me? We speak much about our salvation but have you ever considered what exactly was happening in your conversion? The truth is that this one time event is the event that shapes our entire walk as Christians.  Listen and then share your own testimony about your conversion Find More Information by clicking the lin...

In this episode we continue to explore the gospel. Not simply the proposition of the gospel but the implications of what it means to believe it and the consequences when we get it wrong. Many challenges confront the church but none are greater than the challenge to understand and believe the “old” gospel. The church must begin (return) to thinking deeply about the faith. At the heart of it is the...

Nothing matters more than the gospel! No thing and No one. When we grasp this by faith we not only understand why Christ is to be adored but we also see how anything that runs counter to the gospel is offensive to the Lord. Thus, if we are to be unified we must practice and live in the realities of the gospel. We must have gospel shaped and gospel centered affections and desires.  Racial and relat...

What is the gospel? That sounds like a very basic question but the truth is that the answer is different that what is actually passing as the gospel today.  Over the next series podcast, Sherard will examine this question in various layers, all related to shifting our eyes to the finished work of Christ and living our lives out of that dimension. What is it steak is more than just the unity of the...

The song children learn to sing early goes: “Arise and shine and give God the glory-glory… children of the Lord.” As children of the Lord we are children of light, men and women “awakened” by the Life of Christ out of darkness. This reality drives, defines and determines the purpose of our way in the world and our engagement with darkness. The church is giving away this glorious calling by comprom...

The church must be invested in the areas of social justice, but at what cost? The gospel? Absolutely not! The gospel is not only the message of engagement but the embodiment of engagement.  But we must not allow Satan and his minions to co-opt, not a term, but the purpose of the church. We don’t need to be woke; we need to be AWAKENED to her purpose of cultural transformation! Find More Informatio...

In this episode we tackle the increasing idolatry of identity politics. The division that is damaging the witness of the church is on the basis of race now weaponized through politics.   At the heart of this episode is a call, indeed a challenge, for Christians to operate out of union and communion with Christ in all areas, including politics.  Those who claim Christ but identify themselves with t...

What is the major problem in racial division in the church? It is not CRT, BLM Christian Nationalism. Nor is it what side of the aisle one lands.  These things are contributing factors but not causal.  So what is the major hindrance to racial unity in the church: DELIGHT! We don’t have primarily a race problem or a division problem. Those flow out of a DELIGHT problem. Our unwillingness to live ou...

The history of blacks in this country, though mired in difficulties, oppression and exclusion, has been one that demonstrated our resilience despite such obstacles. This resilience, coupled with a gospel centered view of all of life, positions the church to provide the  transformational leadership the necessary to leading the Body to displaying the beauties of the gospel unity. Find More Informati...

With roles of leadership come responsibilities. The is true for every kind of leadership but especially moral leadership.  In the last episode, Sherard discussed the prophetic role of the black church in leading the church in unity.  Now, in provocative and challenging ways, he calls the black church to the prophetic responsibilities required for such leadership. These responsibilities are framed...

This episode addresses what have been the weaknesses of leadership in the pursuit of racial unity in the church. Sherard calls for a pivot … a pivot that is sure to stir up debate and, hopefully, honest conversation of how the church must move forward if she is to see this new creation aspect of racial harmony lived out in Christ like courage and humility.   Find More Information by clicking the l...

In today episode Sherard gives a stirring challenge to the church to embrace the mindset of Christ-centered humility. At the heart of this episode is the statement, "What the Lord is doing in the church through the tensions of dignity" and he explores Philippians 2 on these two points: Humility always wins Humiliation precedes Exaltation. Find More Information by clicking the link below: https://l...

Stop using the term "racism" NOW !  It has too much historical baggage and, too often, it is a label attached exclusively to the white culture. What if the division in the church today was perpetuated by all sides? What if the real challenges to unity were not merely the historical factors of American history, but were rooted in actions and passions and feelings that are true for people in every c...

In the first official episode Pastor Burns discusses the challenges that exist when believers seek to be mediators in this area of racial unity. Being in the middle causes misunderstandings from every angle and yet, Just as Christ stood between heaven and humanity to bring unity, we must be willing to do no less. This is the heart of how the gospel shapes our commitment to unity. Christ achieved i...

This introduction episode of the Bridge Of One Podcast discusses how this podcast came into being as well as the heart of this podcast. This episode also discusses the need for Cross Shaped Racial Unity.