Bridgetown Video Podcast

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 God, renew their trust in Him, and rehearse hope in the ordinary moments of daily life. Bridgetown.church/teaching

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. Bridgetown.church/teaching

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 and participate in God’s redemptive work all around us.   Bridgetown.church/teaching

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 the first week in our new series as we move toward Pentecost. Bridgetown.church/teaching

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.   Bridgetown.church/teaching

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    

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

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. Alongside conviction, it calls us to hold this teaching with humility, compassion, and a deep awareness of every person’s story.   bridgetown.church/teaching

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 impulse. At the center is a simple question: will we let our desires lead us, or will we learn to direct them toward what truly satisfies?   bridgetown.church/teaching

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 us rather than resentment. Together, we hold onto the hope that the God who meets us in our weakness will one day renew our bodies and wipe away every tear.   Bridgetown.church/teaching

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 God, it turns into anxious toil instead of a blessing. This teaching invites us to rediscover our everyday work as participation in God’s renewal, shifting from success to service and learning to labor at the pleasure of the true King. bridgetown.church/teaching

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 drinking that leads to gratitude, self-control, and deeper trust in God.   bridgetown.church/teaching

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 - receiving our bodies as good, limited, and deeply loved. This teaching offers an honest look at how vanity forms us and points toward freedom through presence, community, and trust in God’s care.   bridgetown.church/teaching

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, and love.     Bridgetown.church/teaching

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.   bridgetown.church/teaching

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 of greed. bridgetown.church/teaching

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 God’s question, Is it right for you to be angry? we’re pointed toward a better way where anger is faced honestly, healed at the root, and no longer allowed to rule us. Bridgetown.church/teaching

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

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

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. bridgetown.church/teaching

Luke 2v1–12 with Tyler Staton In the third week of Advent, we return to the story of Jesus’ birth and consider the difference between sentiment and the joy announced by the angels. Walking through Luke 2, this teaching explores how joy enters real human chaos through costly hospitality and invites us to make room for Jesus and for one another right where we are.   bridgetown.church/teaching

Luke 1v56-66 with Tyler Staton   In the second week of Advent, we look at Zechariah and Elizabeth’s story and the quiet spaces where God meets us in disappointment and longing. Guided by Luke 1, we consider how slowing down helps us notice the first light of Jesus breaking into our ordinary lives.   bridgetown.church/teaching

Luke 2v8-20 with Lucy Peppiatt This first teaching in our Advent series reflects on the angels and shepherds in Luke 2, showing how God draws near through messengers who reveal his character, announce his coming, and invite us into worship. It centers on the anticipation of the coming Christ and how we, like the shepherds, carry this good news into the world. bridgetown.church/teaching

John 8v31-36 with Tyler Staton At the end of the day, the Examen invites us to slow down, notice what shaped us, and return to the truth of Jesus. In this final teaching of the series, we look at how evening prayer helps us release what is false, remember God’s presence, and rest in the freedom He offers. This series invites us to let prayer form every part of life: morning, midday, and evening, shaping our hearts into the likeness of Jesus. bridgetown.church/teaching

Revelation 5v8, Psalm 56v8 with Tyler Staton Prayer is where compassion is born. As we pause in the middle of the day, we remember that God not only hears our cries but holds them. In this teaching, we explore how prayer shapes us into people who carry the burdens of others and move toward the world in love. This series invites us to let prayer form every part of life: morning, midday, and evening, shaping our hearts into the likeness of Jesus. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

John 8v31-36 with Tyler Staton Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world. From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

2 Samuel 6v6-11 with Faith Eury Cho Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world. From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Luke 10v25-37, 18v9-14 with Tyler Staton Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world. From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Colossians 1v28-29 with Christian Dawson Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world. From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Mark 1v9-13 with Tyler Staton Prayer is not only something we say, it’s a way we live. In this eight-week series, we’ll explore how prayer shapes the whole of our lives: our identity, our relationships, and our purpose in the world. From learning to be with Jesus to cultivating daily rhythms of prayer - morning, midday, and evening. This series invites us into a life formed by prayer in every season. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Colossians 4v2-6 with Tyler Staton https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Matthew 5v48 with Tyler Staton Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Kevan Chandler is a best-selling author and the founder of a nonprofit organization called We Carry Kevan. He speaks worldwide about his life with a disability and how community and creativity are the keys to true accessibility. Through storytelling, and discussion, Kevan and Eric Wood, Pastor of Justice and Mercy, explore how our own needs can actually create space for kinship—with one another and with our neighbors—in the rhythms of our ordinary lives.

John 15v9-17 with Tyler Staton Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Acts 2v42-47 with Bethany Allen and Gavin Bennett Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Matthew 7v13-14 with Tyler Staton Each fall, we take a few weeks to reorient ourselves around our vision: to see God’s Kingdom come in Portland as it is in Heaven. This year, we do so with a renewed desire to deepen our practice of Community, reaffirming our commitment to one another and to the whole church. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 11V10-12V3 with Dave Lomas Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 10:1V-11V9 with Hakeem Bradley Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 9V8-29 with Tyler Staton Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 8V13 - 9V1 with Tyler Staton Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 5V1-32 with Bethany Allen Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 4V17-26 with Gavin Bennett Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 4V1-16 with Christian Dawson Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 3V1-24 with Josh Ryan Butler Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 2v4-25 with Tyler Staton Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Genesis 1v1-2v3 with Tyler Staton and Tim Mackie Genesis is where the Scriptures begin—introducing God as Creator and laying the foundation for the rest of the biblical story. This summer, we’ll teach through the opening chapters verse by verse. These texts reveal the pattern of blessing, rebellion, and response that runs throughout the Bible. In them, we see the origins of both human failure and God’s redemptive promise. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

1 John 4V7-12 with Bethany Allen At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Acts 2V1-4 with Gerald Griffin At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

John 15v9-13 with Gavin Bennett At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives. https://bridgetown.church/teaching

Colossians 1V13-14 with Tyler Staton At the center of our faith is this stunning reality: God is love (1 John 4v8). This means that love isn’t just something God does—it’s who he is. Out of this very nature, God created life and sent his Son into the world. He did not do this in response to our love for him, but because he first loved us (1 John 4v9–10). As followers of Jesus, we are invited to receive that love deeply and let it shape our whole lives. https://bridgetown.church/teaching