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Bridge Builders Community Church

by Jay Cookingham

Bridge Builders Community Church is a band of followers on mission to glorify God, transform lives and impact the world by sharing and living out the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a community who gathers on Sundays and through out the week to celebrate, pray, learn, and enjoy the conversation and friendship.Our desire is to know God through Jesus Christ and to learn to love and serve Him and each other well.

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Episodes

  1. Not Yet: Life in Transition Week 2 - Audio

    Transitions naturally put us in the middle of what was and what is coming next, forcing us to stand in the tension of "not yet." In this series, Not Yet: Life in Transition, we explore how these in-between seasons are not wasted delays, but sacred invitations to deepen our intimacy with God....

  2. Not Yet: Life in Transition Week 3, Part 1 - Audio

    In Part 1 of Not Yet: Life in Transition (Week 3), we dive into Exodus 17:1–7 to explore what happens when God leads us into hard, dry places. Standing in the "Not Yet" season often brings an immediate sense of dryness and lack, tempting us to doubt God's goodness. But God doesn't lead us to an...

  3. Not Yet: Life in Transition Week 1 - Audio

    Transitions naturally put us in the middle of what was and what is coming next, forcing us to stand in the tension of "not yet." In this series, Not Yet: Life in Transition, we explore how these in-between seasons are not wasted delays, but sacred invitations to deepen our intimacy with God....

  4. Who Has Your FIRST? Week 1 - Audio

    Everyone loves traffic, right? Of course, not—and we go out of our way to avoid being stuck or delayed. But what about the traffic patterns of our minds? In the opening message of our mini-series, Who Has Your FIRST? Pastor Jay Cookingham looks at Psalm 5:3 to unpack a powerful three-step morning...

  5. God is Good Week 6 - Audio

    In week 6 of the "God is Good" series, Jay Cookingham explores the sacred, intimate invitation to "draw near" to God. Rather than checking items off a religious checklist, drawing near to God is about experiencing a high-stakes collision between our fragile humanness and His ultimate power....

  6. God is Good Week 3 - Audio

    You can show someone a beautiful picture of an award-winning recipe, read them every single ingredient from scratch, and explain the baking process—but until they take a bite for themselves, they will never truly understand how good it tastes. The same is true for our faith. In this moving…

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  7. God is Good – Week 4 - Audio

    God’s definition of goodness isn’t the absence of trouble; it’s the absolute assurance of His Presence in the middle of it. What happens when life goes sideways? In Week 4 of the God is Good series, Pastor Jay Cookingham dives into Genesis 37–40 to explore the harrowing story of Joseph. From…

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  8. God is Good Week 2 - Audio

    Christianity was never meant to be an intellectual theory or an abstract philosophy—it is meant to be walked out in real time. This week, we dive into Micah 6:8 and Psalm 84:11 to unpack a powerful, practical structural blueprint for our everyday lives. True blessings, favor, and honor flow...

  9. God is Good Week 1 - Audio

    When you look around at a chaotic, broken, or messy world, how do you determine what is genuinely good? In the launching message of our God is Good series, Pastor Jay Cookingham takes us back to the very first day of creation in Genesis 1. Discover how the Holy Spirit loves to move directly into...

  10. Holy Spirit Life — Week 18 - Audio

    Preached on Pentecost Sunday, Week 18 of Holy Spirit Life shifts the lens from how we walk with the Spirit to what that walk looks like to the people around us. Drawing from Acts 4:13-14, Pastor Jay explores what it meant for ordinary, uneducated men like Peter and John to leave people…

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  11. Holy Spirit Life — Week 17 - Audio

    What does it actually look like to walk in the Spirit — not in theory, but on a Monday morning, in the middle of a hard conversation, or in a moment of temptation? In Week 17 of Holy Spirit Life, Pastor Jay unpacks Galatians 5:16–25 to answer that very question. Drawing from Paul's contrast…

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  12. Holy Spirit Life Week 16 - Audio

    In Week 16 of Holy Spirit Life, we explore what it means to be a dwelling place for God. As temples of the Holy Spirit, we are called to live set apart, led by the Spirit, and walking in step with Him daily. This message unpacks how setting our minds on the Spirit leads to life, peace, and...

  13. Holy Spirit Life Week 16 - Audio

    In Week 16 of Holy Spirit Life, we explore what it means to be a dwelling place for God. As temples of the Holy Spirit, we are called to live set apart, led by the Spirit, and walking in step with Him daily. This message unpacks how setting our minds on the Spirit leads to life, peace, and...

  14. Holy Spirit Life Week 15 - Audio

    Holy Spirit Life Week 15, explores the essential nature of the Holy Spirit not as a force to be used, but as a Person to know. It emphasizes that spiritual power and "fire" are not manufactured through effort but are the natural result of proximity and relationship with God. The message…

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  15. Holy Spirit Life Week 15 - Audio

    Holy Spirit Life Week 15, explores the essential nature of the Holy Spirit not as a force to be used, but as a Person to know. It emphasizes that spiritual power and "fire" are not manufactured through effort but are the natural result of proximity and relationship with God. The message…

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  16. Holy Spirit Life Week 13 - Easter - Audio

    Holy Spirit Life Week 13 - Easter, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus as the beginning of a "New Creation". It explores the dramatic events of the first Easter morning—the earthquake, the rolled-back stone, and the empty tomb—emphasizing that because the cross and tomb are unoccupied, hope has...

  17. Holy Spirit Life Week 13 - Easter - Audio

    Holy Spirit Life Week 13 - Easter, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus as the beginning of a "New Creation". It explores the dramatic events of the first Easter morning—the earthquake, the rolled-back stone, and the empty tomb—emphasizing that because the cross and tomb are unoccupied, hope has...

  18. Holy Spirit Life Week 12 — Palm Sunday - Audio

    Holy Spirit Life Week 12 — Palm Sunday, explores the significance of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the lens of all four Gospels. It contrasts the loud praises of the crowds with the hidden expectations they held, focusing on Jesus’ warning that "the stones would cry out" if His...

  19. Holy Spirit Life Week 12 — Palm Sunday - Audio

    Holy Spirit Life Week 12 — Palm Sunday, explores the significance of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the lens of all four Gospels. It contrasts the loud praises of the crowds with the hidden expectations they held, focusing on Jesus’ warning that "the stones would cry out" if His...

  20. Holy Spirit Life Week 11 - Audio

    In this sermon, we move from the quiet practice of "being" with God to the active, transformative step of "bringing" our lives to Him. We explore the truth that God never invites us into His presence to stay the same; intimacy with Him always leads to change. Using the imagery of the altar as a...

  21. Holy Spirit Life Week 11 - Audio

    In this sermon, we move from the quiet practice of "being" with God to the active, transformative step of "bringing" our lives to Him. We explore the truth that God never invites us into His presence to stay the same; intimacy with Him always leads to change. Using the imagery of the altar as a...

  22. Holy Spirit Life Week 10 - Audio

    In week ten of Holy Spirit Life, we explore the untamed, mysterious nature of the Holy Spirit — pictured as the "Wild Goose" by the early Celtic Christians and as the unpredictable wind by Jesus in John 3:8. We discover how the Holy Spirit brings supernatural wisdom, opens our eyes and hearts to...

  23. Holy Spirit Life Week 10 - Audio

    In week ten of Holy Spirit Life, we explore the untamed, mysterious nature of the Holy Spirit — pictured as the "Wild Goose" by the early Celtic Christians and as the unpredictable wind by Jesus in John 3:8. We discover how the Holy Spirit brings supernatural wisdom, opens our eyes and hearts to...

  24. Holy Spirit Life Week 9 - Audio

    In Week 9 of Holy Spirit Life, we explore what it means to live as a “living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1–2). True worship is not about performance, but intimacy. When we stay close to God, clarity comes. His boundaries are not restrictions but protection for relationship. This message invites us to...

  25. Holy Spirit Life Week 9 - Audio

    In Week 9 of Holy Spirit Life, we explore what it means to live as a “living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1–2). True worship is not about performance, but intimacy. When we stay close to God, clarity comes. His boundaries are not restrictions but protection for relationship. This message invites us to...

  26. Holy Spirit Life Week 6 - Audio

    Before we work on our lives, God wants to work some things out of our lives. In this message, we discover how worship opens the door to intimacy with God, why His presence is the true Promised Land, and how recognizing ourselves as holy ground changes the way we live, listen, and respond to Him.

  27. Holy Spirit Life Week 6 - Audio

    Before we work on our lives, God wants to work some things out of our lives. In this message, we discover how worship opens the door to intimacy with God, why His presence is the true Promised Land, and how recognizing ourselves as holy ground changes the way we live, listen, and respond to Him.

  28. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 18 - Audio

    Love Bears, Believes, Hopes, Endures Love doesn’t quit, it carries, it believes, it holds on, and it stands firm. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul shows us that love isn’t passive emotion; it’s a persevering devotion. This week, we explore how real love “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all...

  29. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 18 - Audio

    Love Bears, Believes, Hopes, Endures Love doesn’t quit, it carries, it believes, it holds on, and it stands firm. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul shows us that love isn’t passive emotion; it’s a persevering devotion. This week, we explore how real love “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all...

  30. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 17 - Audio

    As redeemed images bearers we have a problem. As sons and daughters of God, we have a problem this morning. When we commit to a life following Jesus and living that life out loud… there’s a problem. The problem is this… The world we live in is hostile to that way of life. Right? So, there is a...

  31. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 17 - Audio

    As redeemed images bearers we have a problem. As sons and daughters of God, we have a problem this morning. When we commit to a life following Jesus and living that life out loud… there’s a problem. The problem is this… The world we live in is hostile to that way of life. Right? So, there is a...

  32. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud – Week 16 - Audio

    When we talk about being full of the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, and bearing this fruit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—did you realize we’re actually describing what it means to be image bearers of God?

  33. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud – Week 16 - Audio

    When we talk about being full of the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, and bearing this fruit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—did you realize we’re actually describing what it means to be image bearers of God?

  34. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud – Week 15 - Audio

    Jesus promises us an abundant life. He says in John 10:10, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." Imagine that! He came to give us an intimate relationship with God, making it possible to live, communicate with, and enjoy life...

  35. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud – Week 15 - Audio

    Jesus promises us an abundant life. He says in John 10:10, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." Imagine that! He came to give us an intimate relationship with God, making it possible to live, communicate with, and enjoy life...

  36. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 14 - Audio

    In the conflict between distraction and devotion there is one deciding factor that influences which one we choose. The turning point for all of us comes down to one question and it is a question that we must be honest about. It is a question of love.

  37. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 14 - Audio

    In the conflict between distraction and devotion there is one deciding factor that influences which one we choose. The turning point for all of us comes down to one question and it is a question that we must be honest about. It is a question of love.

  38. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 13 - Audio

    We’re continuing our Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud series by diving deeper into what happens when rivers of living water flow through us. What does that look like in our daily lives? How does it change us? Come and see how Jesus invites us to live fully in Him.

  39. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 13 - Audio

    We’re continuing our Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud series by diving deeper into what happens when rivers of living water flow through us. What does that look like in our daily lives? How does it change us? Come and see how Jesus invites us to live fully in Him.

  40. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 12 - Audio

    In this message, we take a powerful step forward—from distraction to devotion. Drawing from John 7 and the promise of living water, we discover how Jesus invites us into a life overflowing with His Spirit. True abundance isn’t found in comfort or self-sufficiency—it’s found in Him. Come and see…

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  41. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 12 - Audio

    In this message, we take a powerful step forward—from distraction to devotion. Drawing from John 7 and the promise of living water, we discover how Jesus invites us into a life overflowing with His Spirit. True abundance isn’t found in comfort or self-sufficiency—it’s found in Him. Come and see…

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  42. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 10 - Audio

    This week in our Jesus Life series, we unpack what it means to stay connected to the source of abundant life. Lukewarm faith isn't just dull—it's dangerous. But Jesus offers us more than warning; He offers a feast of presence, power, and intimacy. Open the door. Let the living water flow again.

  43. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 10 - Audio

    This week in our Jesus Life series, we unpack what it means to stay connected to the source of abundant life. Lukewarm faith isn't just dull—it's dangerous. But Jesus offers us more than warning; He offers a feast of presence, power, and intimacy. Open the door. Let the living water flow again.

  44. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 9 - Audio

    What does it mean to be truly dazzled by God? This week, we explore how chronic distraction robs us of intimacy with Jesus.

  45. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 9 - Audio

    What does it mean to be truly dazzled by God? This week, we explore how chronic distraction robs us of intimacy with Jesus.

  46. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 8 - Audio

    In this week’s message, we explore how the abundant life Jesus offers is one of intimacy, purpose, and daily encounters with His presence. But there’s a war against that intimacy—and distraction is its weapon. What does it mean to be “rendered useless,” and how do we reclaim a life of focus and...

  47. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud - Week 8 - Audio

    In this week’s message, we explore how the abundant life Jesus offers is one of intimacy, purpose, and daily encounters with His presence. But there’s a war against that intimacy—and distraction is its weapon. What does it mean to be “rendered useless,” and how do we reclaim a life of focus and...

  48. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud – Week 6 - Audio

    In this message, we explore the abundant life Jesus offers—one where hearing His voice leads to clarity, courage, and closeness. It’s a call to move from noise to intimacy, from doubt to identity. Discover how obedience flows from love, not pressure, and why your life in Christ is anything but...

  49. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud – Week 6 - Audio

    In this message, we explore the abundant life Jesus offers—one where hearing His voice leads to clarity, courage, and closeness. It’s a call to move from noise to intimacy, from doubt to identity. Discover how obedience flows from love, not pressure, and why your life in Christ is anything but...

  50. Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 5 - Audio

    In this sermon, "Jesus Life: Living Life Out Loud Week 5," we explore what it means to live the "Jesus Life"—an identity received, not achieved. The sermon emphasizes that this life is about moving forward in God's presence, even through suffering, because Jesus redeems what hurts. A key theme is...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Bridge Builders Community Church is a band of followers on mission to glorify God, transform lives and impact the world by sharing and living out the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a community who gathers on Sundays and through out the week to celebrate, pray, learn, and enjoy the conversation and friendship.Our desire is to know God through Jesus Christ and to learn to love and serve Him and each other well.

HOSTED BY

Jay Cookingham

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