The Third Cup of Coffee with Randy Bohlender

We dive into the most life giving passage in Ecclesiastes and explore the nexus of generosity and risk taking.

This week, "How to spot a bad leader" or "Jesus, come quick, it's a mess down here."

Chapters 6 and 7 mark a major change in the book of Ecclesiastes, and we examine that change this week!

This morning we discussed a protocol described in Ecclesiastes that tells us how to approach the Lord.

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We continue our series from Ecclesiastes, discussing the pain when we do not receive justice from the institutions that are supposed to give it.

He has made everything beautiful in it's time.

This morning we started our series in Ecclesiastes. June 28, 2026.

Randy explores God's heart for kids as we look at the crisis in foster care.

We understand that God is omnipresent, but how should that affect our expectation of interacting with Him?

Part Two of our five part series - this week we talk about how Jesus modeled walking with the Holy Spirit.

In this five part series, we'll track the activity of the Holy Spirit through the Bible! This week - how the Holy Spirit moved in the Old Testament.

One week into a post ressurection scenario, Jesus takes time to minister privately to three individual who, in spite of His beating death, are having a rough go.

What did Jesus seem to think was going to happen to you?

Where does sin originate? Is it reason to push people away or draw near to them? Jesus and the Pharisees had very different perspectives.

The greatest demonstration of our healing is how we respond once we are in power.

We're honored to welcome Chris Dupre'

There are five key pivot moments in Genesis 41 - we continue our series on the life of Joseph.

We continue our series on the life of Joseph.

We continue our series on Joseph....

We continue our study in Joseph, including a short aside into Genesis 38 which is out of chronoligical order but right where in needs to be in the meaning of it all.

Joseph goes from favor to betrayal. From Sunday, January 4, 2026 at The Bridge.www.thebridgekc.church

We examine why Jesus came near to free us - and others - from oppression.

We launch into a Christmas series looking at the meaning deep in the words of Oh Holy Night

What role does active gratitude take in our lives?

From The Bridge, November 16,2025

November 9, 2025 at The Bridge

In Galatians 3, Paul talks about the purpose of the law in relation to our life in Christ. Randy Bohlender teaches through this passage in part 3 of our series on Galatians.

From Nov 2, 2025 at The Bridge, we look at Chapter 4 of Galatians. Are you in Kansas City? Join us live on Sunday mornings! Info at www.thebridgekc.church

How did Paul and the other Apostles deal with "the Gentile problem", and potential differences over matters of conscience? Randy addresses this in part two of Freedom in Family.

Randy starts a new series through Galatians.

We finish our series talking about generosity and how it relates to healthy community.

Community is messy. So who cleans up the mess? We continue our series "A Place for the Rest of Us."

How do transparency and accountability tie into the idea of Christian community?

This week, we take some time to reflect and pray about the state of our nation, followed by the second part of our series on community, "A Place for the Rest of Us."

We're starting a new series on community - this week, how God regards groups of people, including ideas like collective bad news and collective hunger.

Jesus presses hard when Peter questions His plan for him - where did Peter go wrong and why did Jesus speak so abruptly when Peter compared his situation to John's?Randy Bohlender teaching at The Bridge, August 24, 2025.www.thebridgekc.church

This week, we talk about two characters in the New Testament that appeared to have it all together, yet responded to the message of grace very differently

There is exceptional grace for the weary and wounded - and Jesus cares far more that you are weary and wounded than he does about why or how you got that way. From The Bridge on Sunday, Aug 3, 2025

God has grace for those who have compromised.

We launch a new series entitled Grace for All, discussing who's in, who's out, and to what lengths Jesus will go to redeem a human soul. This week - grace at the end of your rope.

Credibility is the currency of the future - Randy teaches on the shift in thinking and suspicion that comes with the advent of artificial intelligence and how the church can respond to technology that has yet to be fully understood. You can find teaching notes here.

Design involves form and function - what is the functional aspect of communion? Randy Bohlender teaching at The Bridge, July 6, 2025

Worrying about falling behind in life or missing God's plan? We trust that God has a plan - but do we rest in the fact that He also has a time for us to act?

We suspending our normal Sunday morning teaching for a discussion with our own Joel Richardson about recent events in Iran, Israel and even the media regarding who really is the true Israel. TheBridgeKC.Church

Elijah's earthly life comes to a close in an unusual way that gives even more creedence to his calling to reconciliation and the next generation.

Elijah conquers the prophets of Baal and quickly falls into deep depression...

From The Bridge - June 1, 2025

We launch into a new series on the Life of Elijah - this week, if I'm doing God's work, why did the provision dry up?