Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

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March 30 · 57 min
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. Alongside conviction, it calls us to hold this teaching with humility, compassion, and a deep awareness of every person’s story. bridgetown.church/teaching
March 23 · 56 min
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 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
March 16 · 50 min
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, identity, and sense of freedom. At the center is a deeper question: will our understanding of sexuality be formed by the self or by Jesus? bridgetown.church/teaching
March 9 · 55 min
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 restores it. In the way of Jesus, our desires are not something to ignore or indulge, but something to be redeemed and directed toward the deeper love we were made for. Bridgetown.church/teaching
March 2 · 51 min
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 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
February 23 · 50 min
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 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
February 19 · 16 min
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. bridgetown.church/teaching
February 16 · 43 min
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 drinking that leads to gratitude, self-control, and deeper trust in God. bridgetown.church/teaching
February 9 · 46 min
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 - 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
February 2 · 49 min
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, and love. Bridgetown.church/teaching
January 26 · 44 min
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. bridgetown.church/teaching
January 19 · 52 min
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 of greed. bridgetown.church/teaching
January 12 · 48 min
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 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
January 5 · 49 min
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
Dec 26, 2025 · 23 min
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
Dec 22, 2025 · 45 min
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. bridgetown.church/teaching
Dec 15, 2025 · 39 min
First Light: Advent 2025 - Innkeeper (Joy)
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
Dec 8, 2025 · 48 min
First Light: Advent 2025 - Elizabeth & Zechariah (Peace)
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
Dec 1, 2025 · 40 min
First Light: Advent 2025 - Angels (Hope)
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
Nov 24, 2025 · 50 min
A Prayer Shaped Life - Evening: Pray Examen
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