Bayview Podcast

Welcome to Episode 64 of the Bayview Podcast. We are in an 8 week series covering the Book of Revelation. While we cannot begin to scratch the surface of this book in 8 Sunday sermons, we are hoping to dive a bit deeper on this series of the podcast. This week, Chris and Andrew breakdown the Scroll from chapter 5. Here, we read of John's vision of the scroll in God's right hand. We recom...

Welcome to Episode 63 of the Bayview Podcast. We are in an 8 week series covering the Book of Revelation. While we cannot begin to scratch the surface of this book in 8 Sunday sermons, we are hoping to dive a bit deeper on this series of the podcast. This week, Chris and Andrew breakdown each of the 7 letters written to the seven churches. While these letters were written to them, they were also w...

Welcome to Episode 60 of the Bayview Podcast. We are in an 8 week series covering the Book of Revelation. While we cannot begin to scratch the surface of this book in 8 Sunday sermons, we are hoping to dive a bit deeper on this series of the podcast. This week, Chris and Andrew discuss how we should understand Revelation as a book. They breakdown what the intentions of the book are, and how we sho...

Welcome to Episode 60 of the Bayview Podcast. Currently, we are in our end of summer series, GO. In this series, we are capturing God driven stories that remind us of why we go serve across the street, and across the world. This week, Chris and Andrew are joined once again by Solé Wright. She had so much to share with us last episode, that we never got to hear her favorite story to tell; her Salva...

Welcome to Episode 60 of the Bayview Podcast. Currently, we are in our end of summer series, GO. In this series, we are capturing God driven stories that remind us of why we go serve across the street, and across the world. This week, Chris and Andrew are joined by special guest Solé Wright. Solé has an incredible story that started with her birth being a miracle in itself. From being an abortion...

Welcome to Episode 59 of the Bayview Podcast. Currently, we are in our end of summer series, GO. In this series, we are capturing God driven stories that remind us of why we go serve across the street, and across the world. This week, Chris and Andrew are joined by Bayview's Interns, Lilia Schook and Tristan Lhamon. Tristan and Lilia both have awesome stories of how they came to intern at Bay...

Welcome to Episode 58 of the Bayview Podcast. Currently, we are in our end of summer series, GO. In this series, we are capturing God driven stories that remind us of why we go serve across the street, and across the world. This week, Chris and Andrew are joined by an incredibly special guest, Whitney Cerak Wheeler. Whitney shares an astounding story of when she was involved in a car wreck, mis-id...

Welcome to Episode 57 of the Bayview Podcast. This week, Chris and Andrew are joined by Andrew's father-in-law and returning guest, Tom Galbicsek. Last time Tom joined the podcast, he had incredible God glorifying stories that God used to shape the man Tom is today. This time around, he dives deep into the importance of getting help when you are stuck in addiction, and how we as humans cannot...

Welcome to Episode 56 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris dive deeper into the question, "Who are we talking to?" As Christians, it's important to understand the different types of non-christian beliefs and where they come from. On Sunday, pastor Chris talke...

Welcome to Episode 55 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are reflecting back on the question, 'Are Heaven and Hell Real Places?" While most Christians would answer yes, a lot of Christians are being deceived into thinking that Hell is not real or that it is temp...

Welcome to Episode 54 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris dive deeper into the question, "Where did Satan and Evil Come From?" Even Christians often get caught up wondering, 'Why would God even create Satan and evil?' Well, while God did indeed create S...

Welcome to Episode 53 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris dive deeper into the question, "What is Truth?" This past Sunday, Pastor Chris broke down the difference between Relative and Absolute truth, and explained how we should apply that when talking about the B...

Welcome to Episode 52 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are joined by Garrett Khars, who joined our podcast back on episode 1 & 2. He also spoke at Bayview this past Sunday and covered the question, 'Why Do We Pray?' While Prayer is one of the key pieces of...

Welcome to Episode 51 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are talking about the question, "What are Miracles?" The question usually is responded to with a simple answer. But just because the definition may be simple, does not mean that fully describes what they a...

Welcome to Episode 50 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are talking about the question, "What is the Trinity?" While it's easy for Christians to answer "The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit," the true answer that explains it all is much deepe...

Welcome to Episode 49 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are talking about the question, "What does it mean to be saved by grace?" While some people can give a general answer, most Christians can't go into detail about what being saved by grace really means...

Welcome to Episode 48 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are talking about a commonly asked question, "Why did Jesus Have to Die?" The answer to most Christians is pretty straight forward, but Andrew and Chris dive deeper into what the actual sacrifice meant and...

Welcome to Episode 47 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are joined by Chris' dad Dr. Richard Emery. This Sunday, Dr. Emery preached on the question, "Are there many paths to God?" For a surprising amount of Christians, the answer is yet, but Dr. Emery brea...

Welcome to Episode 46 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are reflecting back on the question, ‘What is the Gospel?’ While it may seem like a simple question that’s easy to answer, it is the question that defines the entirety of why Christians believe what we believe. The...

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Bayview Podcast. For the summer, Bayview's teaching series is on questions that every Christian should know the answer to. This week, Andrew and Chris are reflecting back on the question, 'How Can We Trust the Bible?' There are too many answers to cover all in a single Sunday sermon, so Chris and Andrew are diving deeper into answering the question. Watc...

Welcome to Episode 44 of the Bayview Podcast. This week, Andrew and Chris are joined Lance Kotrch. Lance is currently a pastor in the process of planting a church in Cadillac, MI called 'ReChurch'. Lance brings an amazing story and is an extraordinary  example of what it means to trust God no matter what His plan is.  We are based out of Bayview Church in Traverse City, MI. We'd lov...

Welcome to Episode 43 of the Bayview Podcast. This week, Andrew and Chris are joined Sam Javed. Sam is a youth pastor here in Traverse City at First Congregational church. In this episode, Chris and Andrew listen in on the awesome testimony of Sam, and how he came to meet Jesus simply through the grace of God, and how it affects his life today. We are based out of Bayview Church in Traverse City,...

Welcome to Episode 42 of the Bayview Podcast. This week, Andrew and Chris are joined by Bayview Digital Campus Pastor, Brock Emery. The three of them breakdown the question, "Is digital or in-person worship better?" While the answer may be clear that in-person offers more, the three break down many more angles of what's actually going on within the world of digital worship.   We are...

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Bayview Podcast. This week, Andrew and Chris discuss a hot topic that's came around again during the Super Bowl, an ad from 'He Gets Us'. On the surface, there are mixed impressions on what the organization stands for, but Chris and Andrew dive in deep while talking about the importance of Christian Discernment.   We are based out of Bayview Church in Tr...

Welcome to Episode 40 of the Bayview Podcast. This week, Andrew and Chris interview Bayview's Tech Director, Jeremy Radtke. Jeremy's role is very different from others in the church, but is one of the most important roles to making a Sunday service happen. Jeremy brings a great testimony and talks about the world of depression.  We are based out of Bayview Church in Traverse City, MI. We...