Episodes
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Joseph's Reconciliation with his Brothers
Genesis 42v21-23 with Bethany Sumbela Our past can shape the way we respond to relationships, handle conflict, and see ourselves, but it doesn't have to determine who we become. Through Joseph’s family story, we explore how God brings healing and redemption to our brokenness as we learn to...
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From Prisoner to Ruler
Genesis 41v28-36 with Tyler Staton Where is God when it hurts? Through Joseph’s story, we discover how God meets us in our suffering, speaks through seasons of waiting, and works even what was intended for evil toward redemption. Clothed in Christ, we are formed by God’s voice, called to take up...
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The Promise in the Pit
Genesis 39 with Christian Dawson Scripture is full of promises that God will heal the world, but the headlines we read each day feel nothing like that. In Genesis 39, Joseph, the son who seemed to carry God’s promise ends up in a pit. He lives a story that raises the question: is God’s promise of...
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Judah & Tamar
Genesis 38v1-30 with Tyler Staton Through the story of Judah and Tamar, we see how God works for redemption in the moments when we feel most forgotten. A story marked by deception, injustice, and shame ultimately points us to Jesus, who holds together justice and mercy, brings healing to our...
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Joseph Sold Into Slavery
Genesis 37 with Bethany Sumbela The patterns we learn in our families can shape how we respond to pain and relate to others, but we don’t have to keep repeating them. Through Joseph’s story, explore how to change the patterns we can, forgive what we can’t control, and trust God as we move through...
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3 Year Vision
Luke 1v39-41 with Tyler Staton, Bethany Sumbela, Joy Schlichter and Eric Wood. As Bridgetown Church enters a new season, we explore what it means to grow deeper in spiritual formation, form families through shared life and story, and become a people of compassion who serve, seek justice, and…
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Rule of Life
Matthew 11v28-30 with Tyler Staton and Gavin Bennett What if the path to rest isn’t escaping your life, but learning how to fully inhabit it? In this teaching, we explore how a shared rule of life can anchor us in God’s love, form us through our ordinary lives, and free us to discover joy right...
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Together in Portland
John 15v9-14 with Tyler Staton What stories are shaping you, what habits are forming you, and who are the people shaping who you’re becoming? Following Jesus means allowing the stories we believe, the habits we form, and the relationships we keep to reshape us into people who look more like him....
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Practicing the Way of Jesus
John 5v1-9 with Tyler Staton Jesus asks the man at Bethesda, “Do you want to get well?” and then tells him to get up, pick up his mat, and walk. Wholeness is a gift of God’s grace, but it also calls for our participation - choosing to get up, take a step, and follow Jesus into a new way of life....
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Dinah & God Restores Jacob
Genesis 34 with Todd Liles What happens when we try to build the life we long for without listening to God’s voice? In a difficult story of violence, revenge, and brokenness, we are reminded that our attempts to create the garden on our own terms only leave us carrying heavier burdens. Jesus…
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Wrestle & Reconciliation
Genesis 32v22-32 with Tyler Staton What does it mean to wrestle with God well? Jacob’s struggle reveals that bringing our deepest fears, desires, and resistance to God can lead us somewhere we could never reach through control alone: toward surrender, healing, and the courage to reconcile with…
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Foreshadowing Reconciliation
Genesis 31v17-32v1 with Nijay Gupta What happens when God’s promises seem to take a completely different path than the one we expected? Through Jacob’s long detour in Genesis, we are reminded that God is present even in the waiting, the disappointment, and the places where we cannot see what he…
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The Origin of the 12 Tribes
Genesis 30v27-28 with Gavin Bennett What if the patterns that have shaped you for generations don’t have to define you forever? Even in the midst of our brokenness, God moves toward us with compassion, inviting us to stop grasping, renew our trust, and receive the healing and freedom he offers....
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Stairway to Heaven
Genesis 28v10-22 with Tyler Staton We can have powerful encounters with God and still wake up the next morning carrying the same fears, insecurities, and patterns that shaped us before. What happens when a dream becomes a vision, and an encounter with God is converted into a life lived in...
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Stealing the Blessing
Genesis 27v6-10 with Tyler Staton So much of our striving begins with the fear that God's blessing is something we have to earn, protect, or take for ourselves. Through the story of a fractured family, we are invited to let go of scarcity, trust the abundance of God's kingdom, and discover that…
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Esau, Jacob & The Birthright
Genesis 25v19-26v14 with Christian Dawson What do you do when life feels out of your control? When desire keeps telling you to take what you want, and fear keeps telling you to protect what you have? Most of us listen. We grasp, we scheme, we self-protect. That's where we find Jacob, Esau, and...
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Isaac & Rebekah
Genesis 24v1-11 with Joy Schlichter Through stories of witness, trust, and unexpected partnership, we are reminded that God's loyal love has always endured and that he continues to weave ordinary people into his work of making all things new. The invitation is to remember his faithfulness, trust...
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The Sacrifice of Isaac
Genesis 22v1-19 with Tim Mackie What do we do with the good gifts in our lives when they become so precious that we cannot imagine living without them? Exploring one of Scripture's most challenging stories, we are invited to consider how surrender, loss, and trust can become the very places where...
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Intercession
Genesis 18v16-33 with Gavin Bennett When confronted with injustice, suffering, and evil, it's easy to wonder what difference our prayers can make. God's invitation is not to bargain with him but to partner with him through intercession, trusting that his grace reaches into the darkest places and...
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Left Out
Genesis 16v1-2 with Christian Dawson What does it look like to trust God when life is more complicated than you expected? When there are no simple people? When the promise seems to be for someone else, and you’re left wondering if you’ve been overlooked? That’s where we find Sarai, and it’s where...
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Covenant Promise
Genesis 15 with Tyler Staton Fear often shapes our decisions in ways we don't always recognize, but God meets us in our uncertainty with a promise of faithful presence. Through Abram's story, we're invited to trust God's character over our need for control and discover that God's faithfulness...
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Melchizedek
Genesis 14v18-24 with Tyler Staton A reflection on the mysterious figure of Melchizedek and the invitation to receive God’s blessing as a gift rather than something we strive to secure for ourselves. Through Abram’s encounter with a king of righteousness and peace, we’re invited to trust the...
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The Failure of Abram in Egypt
Genesis 12v10-20 with Tyler Staton Through a story marked by loss, disappointment, and unanswered questions, we’re reminded that God brings hope out of chaos and invites us to take small steps of trust, confident that His faithfulness - not our own - holds our lives together....
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The Call of Abram
Genesis 11v27-12v9 with Tim Mackie and Tyler Staton A reflection on the tension of living between blessing and suffering, and the way God speaks hope into places that feel marked by loss, uncertainty, and unmet expectations. Through the story of Abram and Sarai, we’re invited to trust God in the...
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Love in Action: Peter | Pentecost Sunday
John 21v1-17 with Gerald Griffin A reflection on Peter’s restoration by the fire in John 21 and the compassionate love of Jesus that meets us in places of shame and pain. Through prayer, imagination, and the story of Peter, we’re invited to experience the healing presence of Jesus and remember…
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Love: Speaking and Acting in the Spirit
1 John 3v11, 16-18 with Pete Greig What kind of love can carry us through suffering, disappointment, and weakness? Exploring the sacrificial love of Jesus and the work of the Holy Spirit, this message invites us into a way of life marked not by comfort or self-interest, but by forgiveness…
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Hope in Action: Mary
John 20v11-18 with Joy Schlichter Hope takes shape in the voice of Jesus, the one who meets Mary Magdalene in her grief outside the empty tomb and calls her by name. Through Mary’s story, we’re invited to consider how the spirit forms resurrection hope in us. Not confidence in outcomes, but trust...
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Hope: Hearing God Speak in Darkness
Psalm 130 with Gavin Bennett Hope is choosing to trust that God’s promises are still true, even in the middle of grief, fear, and uncertainty. Exploring resurrection, the faithfulness of God, and the Spirit’s work in our lives, this teaching invites followers of Jesus to remember the story of…
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Faith in Action: Thomas
John 20v24-29 with Hakeem Bradley Doubt and belief often live side by side, especially in moments of grief, confusion, or unanswered questions. Through Thomas’ story, we see how Jesus meets us with compassion, inviting us to move toward trust while the Holy Spirit builds faith through testimony....
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Faith: Seeing Beyond Sight
Hebrews 11v1-3 with Tyler Staton Faith is more than belief, it is a way of seeing. This teaching explores how the Spirit opens our eyes to recognize Jesus in the ordinary and to live with deeper awareness of God’s presence in everyday life. Discover how faith grows as we learn to see the unseen…
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Introduction: Faith, Hope and Love
1 Corinthians 13v1-13 with Bethany Allen Love is what makes a life truly powerful, not impressive moments or visible gifts. Faith, hope, and love are how we live that out in everyday choices, especially when it’s costly or unseen. Real power is found in becoming a person shaped by love. This is…
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Easter - 2026
John 20v1-10 with Tyler Staton The resurrection story comes alive as Jesus meets people in grief, doubt, and shame, restoring their lives from the inside out. Through Mary, Thomas, and Peter, we see that resurrection is not escape from the world, but God mending it and us into something new....
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Good Friday Homily 2 - Seed
John 12v24 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen Using the imagery of a seed, Jesus reveals that true life comes through surrender, inviting us to release what we’re holding onto and trust God to bring new life. bridgetown.church/teaching
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Good Friday Homily 1 - Tree
Matthew 27v11-29 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen Jesus’ death on a tree reframes what looks like an ending into the surprising beginning of new life, inviting us to entrust what feels dead to God’s renewal. bridgetown.church/teaching
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The Good News About Our Bodies: Sexuality, What Does The Bible Really Teach?
Matthew 19v4-6 with Tyler Staton This teaching explores what the Bible says about same-sex relationships, walking through key passages and how they’ve been understood across scripture. It frames the conversation within Jesus’ vision of sexuality, rooted in creation and oriented toward love....
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The Good News About Our Bodies: Sexuality, Acquired Taste
Psalm 34v8 with Tyler Staton, Bethany Allen What shapes the way we understand our desires and sexuality? This teaching explores how scripture frames our bodies not as ends in themselves, but as signs that point beyond to life with God, calling us to form our desires with intention rather than...
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The Good News About Our Bodies: Sexuality, The Cultural Story
Matthew 16v2-3 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen What story is shaping the way we think about sexuality today? This teaching explores the cultural story of the sexual revolution alongside the story Jesus tells about our bodies, inviting us to examine the assumptions shaping our desires…
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The Good News About Our Bodies: Sexuality, The Jesus Story
Revelation 19v6-7 with Tyler Staton How do our bodies and our sexuality fit into the larger story of God’s redemption? This teaching traces the biblical story from creation to resurrection, showing how our bodies were designed to reveal God’s beauty, how sin distorted that design, and how Jesus...
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The Good News About Our Bodies: Chronic Illness & Disability
Philippians 2v5-11 with Tyler Staton What does it mean to see my body as good when it carries illness, disability, or chronic pain? Looking to Jesus, who chose human limits and willingly suffered with us, we consider how our limitations can become places of deep encounter, where love is formed in...
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The Good News About Our Bodies: Work
Genesis 1v27-28, Revelation 22v1-5 with Tyler Staton From Genesis to Revelation, the biblical story reveals that we are created in God’s image to rule by working and keeping his world for the flourishing of others. Yet when work becomes a way to prove our worth or secure our identity apart from...
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Ash Wednesday Homily
Ash Wednesday invites us to reflect on our mortality not as fear, but as formation. This teaching explores Lent as a voluntary journey into the wilderness, where we learn dependance on God, patient trust in his deliverance, and a deeper understanding of him as our true refuge....
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7 Deadly Sins: Gluttony
John 6v47-58 with Christian Dawson Gluttony is not simply about excess. This teaching invites us to consider how our habits with food and drink shape our desires and form our lives as disciples. As we examine everyday patterns of consumption, we are invited into a different way of eating and...
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7 Deadly Sins: Vanity
1 Corinthians 6v19-20 with Tyler Staton and Bethany Allen Vanity often goes unnamed, but this teaching reveals it as a quiet, shame-driven attempt to secure identity and control through the body. Rather than managing appearance for worth or safety, we are invited into a gentler way of life -...
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7 Deadly Sins: Sloth
Matthew 25v14-30 with Bethany Allen Jesus’ parable of the talents exposes how sloth takes root through comfort, delay, and quiet disengagement from the life God entrusts to us. This teaching invites disciples to resist spiritual apathy and practice faithful participation shaped by trust, courage,...
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7 Deadly Sins: Pride
Daniel 4v4-9, 22-34 with Ken Shigematsu Through the rise, fall, and restoration of King Nebuchadnezzar, humility is revealed as acknowledging God as the true source of power and life. The story shows how pride unravels us from the inside out, and how recognizing God’s rule restores what was lost....
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7 Deadly Sins: Greed
Luke 12v13-34 with Tyler Staton Jesus names greed as rooted in a mindset of scarcity and invites his disciples into a radically different imagination: a life shaped by God’s abundance. As part of our series on the seven deadly sins, this week explores the psychology, sociology, and spirituality…
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7 Deadly Sins: Anger
Jonah 4v1-9 with Christine Caine Anger has become normalized in our world, quietly fracturing our relationships, health, and life with God. Through the story of Jonah, we’re invited to notice how unresolved anger grows, distorts our priorities, and blinds us to God’s compassion. By sitting with...
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7 Deadly Sins: Envy
Romans 7v7-12 with Tyler Staton. This teaching begins a new series on the seven deadly sins by examining envy and the disordered desires beneath it. We explore how comparison and coveting shape our inner life and why confession in community is central to healing. bridgetown.church/teaching
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First Light: Advent 2025 - Jesus (Christmas Eve)
Luke 2v4-7 with Tyler Staton At Christmas, we reflect on the birth of Jesus and what it reveals about God’s love. From Abraham to the manger, this teaching invites us to consider belief as a personal response to a God who comes near and makes his home with us bridgetown.church/teaching
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First Light: Advent 2025 - Mary (Love)
Luke 1v26-38 with Tyler Staton Centered on Mary’s encounter with the angel in Luke 1, the story of the Annunciation shows grace interrupting darkness and God’s promises taking root in ordinary lives. It invites a posture of waiting, trust, and openness to receive what God is forming within us....
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