PODCAST · religion
Life Together
by Gresham Bible Church
Pastors Mike Dahl and Todd Miles sit down weekly to talk about how we go through life together as a body of believers. Topics will include foundational truths of the church, Christian living and how the church functions together, voices from members of GBC, and news of what is going on in the life of Gresham Bible Church.
Episodes
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Summer Reading
Pastors Mike and Todd, and producer Jordan give ideas for summer reads. This is our last podcast until the fall. Thanks for listening! Jordan's Picks -"The Basketball 100" by David Aldridge and John Hollinger -"Marvel Encyclopedia" by Stephen Wiacek -"The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt...
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Tanzania Mission Trip
Pastor Mike talks with Student Ministry Director Jordan about the upcoming mission trip to Tanzania. They talk about what the team will be doing, how to pray for them, and how to welcome them home.
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The Eldership Process
Pastors Mike and Todd, and producer Jordan talk about the qualifications for being an elder and how to prepare for eldership for those who aspire. Books Mentioned: -"The Path To Being A Pastor" by Bobby Jamieson -"Biblical Eldership" by Alexander Strauch -"Church Elders" by Jeramie Rinne
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Sharing Your Testimony
Pastor Mike and Jordan discuss advice and a framework for how to share your testimony and encourage GBC to see the evangelistic opportunities in sharing how Jesus has changed your life.
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How Do I Know God's Will For My Life?
Pastors Mike and Todd, and producer Jordan have a discussion about how do you determine God's will for your life? What ways does He speak to us? What areas does He give direction in? Books Recommended: -"Just Do Something" by Kevin DeYoung -"Is God Calling Me?" by Jeff Iorg -"Decision Making and...
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Why Church History Matters
Paster Todd gives a preview of our next upcoming GBC EDU class on church history and discusses why church history is important to study and know for believers today.
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Should A Christian Bet On Sports
Pastors Mike, Todd, and producer Jordan have a conversation about how Christians should think about betting on sports. Is this specifically talked about in Scripture? Is it a wisdom category? What factors should be considered for one who is thinking about betting or already is?
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Cannabis and the Christian
Pastor Todd discusses his book, "Cannabis and the Christian" to give a biblical perspective on the use of recreational and medicinal marijuana.
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Jon Paivarinta Interview
Jon Paivarinta joins the podcast to talk about his family's future mission field in Taiwan and how GBC is coming alongside Redemption Church (their sending church) to support them. Jon is partnering with "Reaching & Teaching Ministries" which you can learn more about here: https://rtim.org/
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2025 Bible Readthrough
Pastor Mike sits down with Pastor Josh Mathews to talk through the GBC Bible Readthrough plan for 2025. You can find guides in the back of the worship center on Sunday mornings, at our office, or on the church website.
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GBC EDU- The Christian and Politics Week 4
This is the last of four episodes from our most recent GBC EDU class taught by Pastor Todd Miles on what the Bible has to say about the intersection between faith and politics.
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GBC EDU- The Christian and Politics Week 3
This is the third of four episodes from our most recent GBC EDU class taught by Pastor Todd Miles on what the Bible has to say about the intersection between faith and politics.
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GBC EDU- The Christian and Politics Week 2
This is the second of four episodes from our most recent GBC EDU class taught by Pastor Todd Miles on what the Bible has to say about the intersection between faith and politics.
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GBC EDU- The Christian & Politics Week 1
This is the first of four episodes from our most recent GBC EDU class taught by Pastor Todd Miles on what the Bible has to say about the intersection between faith and politics.
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GBC Distinctives- Multiplication Is The Vision
Pastor Mike and Jordan continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did in summer 2023 (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our eighth distinctive which reads: Our vision isn't to grow big but...
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GBC Distinctives- Less Is More
Pastor Mike and Jordan continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did in summer 2023 (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our seventh distinctive which reads: This distinctive has implications…
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Why Do We Sing What We Sing
Worship Director Marc Peter drops by to discuss why GBC sings the songs we sing on a Sunday morning. They cover how songs are picked, who are we singing to, what's the most important instrument on a Sunday, and other facets of our worship times together. https://www.greshambible.org/music-ministry
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GBC Distinctives- Justice And Mercy Matter
Pastors Mike and Todd continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our sixth distinctive which reads: We seek to display God’s heart for...
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GBC Distinctives- We Do Life Together, Not Alone
Pastors Mike and Todd continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our fifth distinctive which reads: We deeply believe that the church…
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Growing in the Word with Lynsey Bock
Pastor Mike has a conversation with Lynsey Bock about her journey of learning to love God's Word and how she approaches daily bible study. Resources Mentioned: -"Women of the Word" by Jen Wilkin...
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How to Make the Most of Church on a Sunday (with Dave Martin)
Pastor Mike is joined by original founding GBC member, Dave Martin, to discuss helpful and practical ways to get the most out of our weekly Sunday gatherings.
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GBC Distinctives- The Way Down Is The Way Up
Pastors Mike and Todd continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our fourth distinctive which reads: Jesus consistently taught that His...
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Week of Prayer and Fasting
Pastors Mike and Todd, and producer Jordan get us ready for GBC's annual week of prayer and fasting which will be from February 19-25. We hope that you join us in taking the week to focus even more on our dependence on God. You can find this week's prayer guide and other approaches for how to…
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GBC Distinctives- Everyone Needs the Gospel, Especially Me
Pastors Mike and Todd continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our third distinctive which reads: We are a gospel-centered church.…
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GBC EDU- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Pastors Mike and Todd preview the upcoming GBC EDU class, "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made." This class will begin on 1/21/2024 and will run for 7-8 weeks before church service from 9:00-9:45am. You can still register through our website.
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Christmas Traditions
Pastor Mike has on Stacy Mathews, Kerri Bryant, and Summer Hermann to talk about Christmas traditions their families do and ideas for all of GBC, no matter how your family looks, to keep the focus on Christ during the Christmas season.
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The Incarnation
With the coming of the advent season, Pastors Mike and Todd spend some time talking about favorite Christmas traditions and the importance of the incarnation to our theology and also how it impacts us as we live our lives. Books Mentioned: "Jotham's Journey" by Arnold Ytreeide "The Best Christmas...
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GBC Distinctives- Prayer is Indispensable
Pastors Mike and Todd continue our podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our second distinctive which reads: We are a church that prays because...
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GBC Distinctives- Scripture Is Central To All We Do
Pastors Mike and Todd begin a new podcast series on the distinctives of GBC. These are further conversations on the sermon series we did this past summer (https://www.greshambible.org/sermons/series/gbc-distinctives). This is our first distinctive which reads:We are committed to expository...
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Vergil Brown
We're back with Season 4 of the podcast! On this episode, Pastor Mike Dahl gets to visit with Gresham Bible Church's founding pastor, Vergil Brown. They talk about how Vergil was called to ministry, the story of GBC starting, what he's doing now at Redemption Church in Portland, and hear...
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Special Episode- Serve East County 2023
On this special episode, Pastor Mike sits down with Jacob Hansen (Outreach and Community Care Assistant at Grace Community Church), to discuss the upcoming Serve East County service project that will be happening on Saturday, August 26th. They talk about how Serve East County started, the vision...
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Superheroes Can't Save You
Pastor Mike sits down with Pastor Todd and producer Jordan to discuss Todd's book, "Superheroes Can't Save You." They discuss how comic book superheroes are stand-ins for heresies about Jesus, the importance of upholding the humanity and divinity of Jesus, and nerd out about comic books.
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Evangelism
Pastor Mike, Pastor Todd, and producer Jordan have a discussion about evangelism, specifically from the framework of Elliot Clark's book, "Evangelism as Exiles." -"Evangelism as Exiles" by Elliot Clark:...
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Biblical Theology
Pastor Mike is joined by Dr. Todd Miles to talk about Biblical Theology. What is it? Why is it important? How should it impact us as individual believers and corporately in the church?Resources:"According to Plan" by Graeme Goldsworthy-...
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Spiritual Abuse
Pastor Mike and Todd Miles are joined by GBC's own Dave Martin and his friend, Ken Garrett, this week to talk about their shared history of going through a hurtful and spiritually abusive church experience. They discuss what to be on the lookout for, how God has been faithful to them, and offer...
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Theological Triage
Pastor Mike is joined by Todd Miles to discuss "theological triage;" how to prioritize certain doctrines as hills to die on, things to divide over, and things to disagree about.
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Voices of GBC- Todd Miles
Pastor Mike is joined by Todd Miles to learn about how he came to know the Lord, becoming a seminary professor, and what brought him and his family to GBC as our interim Teaching Pastor.
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SUSA- Summer in the USA
Pastor Mike has a Zoom call about SUSA (Summer in the USA), a summer missions opportunity to have students from the Basque country (near Spain) come and live with you and learn about Jesus. Our own Holly Riegelmann, who has housed many students over the years, and Chris Probasco, director of SUSA...
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Mark Bradley on Pastoring and Parenting
This week, Pastor Mike is joined by Jordan Bradley's father, Mark Bradley, to talk about being in ministry for four decades, counsel on parenting children to the love the Lord, and attempt to make fun of Jordan. (Producers Note: Bradleys can talk so this episode is long. Enjoy!)
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Voices of GBC- Matt Mormance
Pastor Mike has a Zoom interview with missionary Matt Mormance who's family has been serving in Slovenia for years. They catch up on how the ministry is going and share how GBC can be praying for the furthering of the gospel. (Producers Note: The audio quality on this episode is a little bit…
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Children's Ministry
Children's Ministry Director Kerri Bryant and Children's Ministry Coordinator Bethany Nedelisky join the podcast to kick off our new season and talk about why they love what they do and what their hopes are for the children and parents of GBC.
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Coaching with Butch Hudson and Mike Riegelmann
We're back! Pastor Mike and producer Jordan sit down with GBC founding members, Butch Hudson (Barlow girl's basketball coach) and Mike Riegelmann (Barlow boy's and girl's water polo coach), about being in the community and serving students as coaches and how that interacts with their walks with...
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Mailbag with Josh
On Pastor Josh's last episode as leader of GBC, Pastor Mike asks Josh a wide range of hard hitting questions from "what's your go-to order at In-N-Out," to "why is church membership important?" We hope you enjoy getting to hear the heart and wisdom of Josh as he prepares to embark on his next...
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Summer Ministry Update
This week, Pastors Mike and Josh talk about everything happening in the life of GBC this summer. Here are time stamps of what they talk about if you want to jump to that or be able to refer to it: 2:50- Relocation back to Dexter 12:00- Promotion Sunday/GBC Picnic 12:40- Book Clubs 16:55- GBC...
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Josh's Announcement
Pastors Mike and Josh, and producer Jordan, talk about Josh's process in understanding God's will to join a new ministry in California, and how to deal with the grief we may all be feeling.
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Theology of Work
Pastors Josh and Mike have a conversation about God's plan for work, our problems with work, and how the gospel helps us in our work. Here are resources recommended in the episode: "The Gospel at Work" by Sebastian Traegar and Greg Gilbert "Every Good Endeavor" by Tim Keller Center for Faith and...
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Spiritual Abuse
Pastor Mike Dahl has an honest conversation with Dave and Becki Martin about spiritual abuse they experienced at a church. They touch on how God still used things from that church to minister to them, what we should all be looking out for, and how they've dealt with forgiveness over the last 25...
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Abiding in Christ
On this episode, Pastors Mike and Josh have a discussion about abiding in Christ and being mindful of the things that we are inputting and outputting from our minds and hearts.
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Voices of GBC- Nick Stumbo
Pastors Mike and Josh are joined by Nick Stumbo, director of Pure Desire Ministries, on this episode. Nick shares honestly about his journey with sexual brokenness and how the Lord's providence led him to Pure Desire Ministries. They also talk about how everyone has sexual brokenness and how the...
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Voices of GBC- Eric Wood
Pastor Mike Dahl sits down with drummer extraordinaire, Eric Wood, to hear how he came to know the Lord, how the gospel of Romans speaks into his life daily, and how to raise your family to follow Jesus.
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Pastors Mike Dahl and Todd Miles sit down weekly to talk about how we go through life together as a body of believers. Topics will include foundational truths of the church, Christian living and how the church functions together, voices from members of GBC, and news of what is going on in the life of Gresham Bible Church.
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