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Do you know who you are? Do you know the intrinsic value that comes with being made in the image and likeness of God Himself? Pastor Ryan begins our year-long look at the Epic Story of Scripture in Genesis, where the Origins of humanity are revealed to answer the foundational question, "Who Am I?" Answering this question with a Biblical worldview that finds our identity in the love of God is centr...

What happens to you when life gets hard? It's in crisis that we're faced with one big question: run TO God or FROM God? Pastor Ryan returns from two months away following open-heart surgery to share out of the Gospel of Matthew on how Jesus points us to the Father, teaching us about Trusting God When Life Gets Heavy.

Do you ever feel unclear or unconnected in life? Maybe it's fear over a big decision. Maybe it's just general loneliness and lack of purpose. That is not the desire of the Creator God for you! The problem is, there are a lot of competing voices vying for your attention and to have the right to declare their truths over you. Only one person has the market cornered on absolute Truth though. His name...

Everything that Jesus did throughout His life was meant to serve as our guide; as ingredients for how to live a Jesus-centered life. As we study the Bible, we store up these ingredients in the pantry of our hearts, so that at the proper time the Holy Spirit can help us to pull out the right ingredient at the right time to fight against the enemy. What's in your pantry?

How do you respond to the Word of God? Pastor Mike returns to challenge us on actively responding to the proclaimed Word of God with delight and thanksgiving as we entrust our lives to our Savior and King, Jesus of Nazareth.

Have you ever felt alone in the darkness of this world? Have you ever tried to pursue God's perfect design in your own way? You don't have to. The instructions for God's perfect design can be found in His word. You don't have to do it your way, because there's already a perfect design available to you. The Bible contains the mind of God, and it is ready for you whenever you're ready to listen. Tod...

What are your New Year's Resolutions? Better yet, what are your "ins" and "outs" for 2025? Pastor Taylor kicks off a year where The Bridge Church wants to collectively invest in our delight in and meditation on The Bible with a look at Psalm 1 and how we contemplate Scripture in community.

Do you believe that God speaks? He does! The God who made the universe has spoken, is speaking, and will speak and better yet, the Word of God will never Fail! Pastor Sean closes out 2024 by taking a survey of the Israelite patriarchs in the book of Genesis and seeing how they responded to the promises of God in their lives. He leaves us with an invitation to be the sorts of people who seek the Wo...

Have you ever met someone that seemed to be happy when it didn't make any sense? Or even though they were sad, there was a calm control about them? The Bible talks about a joy that goes beyond our circumstances. This joy is rooted in none other than the Godhead. It is a joy found in the person of Jesus, in His life, death, and resurrection, and built up in us through our time in the presence of Hi...

Hope can be a funny thing. Have you ever hoped for something that didn't come? Maybe it was an unrealistic hope. Maybe it was a promise made by a human that didn't follow through. Few things are more crushing. But hope in the Bible isn't in people or things. Biblical hope is in a person, but that person is also God, and His name is Jesus. That hope is trustworthy and infallible. One day He will ma...

The world wants us to believe that chaos is normal. That there is no hope, and that we need to seek out peace desperately from the brokenness of things. But our God promises a peace that is not temporary. God’s perfect peace is a whole peace. One that cannot be shattered or broken. A peace that cannot be disturbed or interrupted. God provides for us a peace that will guard us against the chaos of...

Do you feel overwhelmed by the pace of life? Are you stressed, frantic, rushed, or hurried and harried? That's the normal way of life in the USA. But an ancient Jewish rabbi offered a different way of life. What's more, He offered to be with us to help us live His way of life forever. That rabbi's name is Jesus of Nazareth and His yoke is easy and His burden is light! Pastor Matt Kladnik begins ou...

Have you ever felt blindsided by tragedy or difficulty in life? Sometimes the storms of life come at us Without Warning. They reveal things about what we believe and who we trust. The Gospel of Matthew contains a story of Jesus calming a storm. In it, the disciples respond one way, but Jesus reminds them that He was the power to lead us through the choppy waters of life.

How do you feel about your relationship with God? In Isaiah 6 we see Isaiah come face to face with his own inadequacy, but when he names it something radical happens. He's met with grace! A burning coal purifies him and gives him the right to stand before the King. In response he declares his willingness to be a representative of that call to the nations. What will your response be to the mercy an...

Pastor Ryan begins a series of one-off sermons leading up to his time away and the Christmas season with a look at the invitation of the Lord to come back to him time and time again.

Pastor Ryan concludes our journey through the book of Jonah with a call to Reflection. Both a call to reflect on our lives and the state of our hearts, but also a call to reflect God's Heart of Mercy to the world around us. The truth is, we've all been Jonah. We've all wished someone would get what they deserved instead of mercy. And yet, God still has mercy on US as well. And in turn we learn to...

The book of Jonah continues with Jonah's repentance and obedience to God's instruction. But what exactly does it mean to repent? Repentance requires three parts: humble contrition, desperate dependence, and a change of course. True repentance requires us to not only acknowledge our faults, but also to turn away from them. True repentance is our part to play in salvation. God does the rest. So how...

Have you ever felt lost in a mess of your own creation, unworthy of rescue? We all mess things up time and again, and it can be easy to feel like we deserve what we're getting. We recite platitudes like "I made this bed and now I must lie in it." But when we look at the second movement of Jonah, we get a different picture. Jonah had landed himself in the belly of a great fish. While the pagan sail...

The book of Jonah opens on a prophet of God being called to preach to a people that he hates. And Jonah, knowing that God has a Heart of Mercy, runs the other way! How often have you looked down on those less holy than you? How often have you thought yourself better than another? How often have you settled for a heart of wrath, unaligned with the heart of God? The call of God is to stop running, a...

What is important to you? That's a good question, but there is a bigger one. What do you NEED? What is it that is vital to your life? What about to the lives of our children? What about to our communities, nations, and world? We MUST impart faith to those coming up behind us. The consequences of not doing this is dire, but God will always preserve a remnant. He will always draw people back to Him....

How are you going to impart faith to the generations coming after you? We might believe that we should take a hands-off approach to raising young people to follow Jesus, but the Scriptures tell a different story. Pastor Ryan continues this series about how we send our Faith Forward to those to follow by being Intentional about the impartation of our faith. We look at Deuteronomy 6 and the command...

How are you going to impart faith to the generations coming after you? We might believe that we should take a hands-off approach to raising young people to follow Jesus, but the Scriptures tell a different story. Pastor Ryan starts off a series about how we send our Faith Forward to those to follow by being Intentional about the impartation of our faith. We look at Deuteronomy 6 and the command to...

Have you ever been at dinner with someone who didn't know Jesus, but you just didn't know how to talk about it? It can be overwhelming and intimidating to share our faith. It feels like the pressure is on to have all the answers and say all the right things. But the good news is that we just don't have too! Pastor Ryan concludes our series on engaging those who don't know Jesus with a look at heal...

How do we offer hospitality? What does it even mean to show hospitality in the Way of Jesus? Pastor Ryan takes us through the story of Simon the Pharisee in Luke 7 and what Jesus has to say about showing Care at the Table and the attitude necessary to make it happen.

Are you a friend of sinners? Jesus demonstrated a radical willingness to sit with those viewed unworthy in His day. He also violated the social norms of status to give dignity and honor to those who had none. He even went so far as to call you and me into relationship with Himself. So if you've accepted His invitation to Come to the Table, the next question is "Who are YOU inviting?"