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Bridgetown Audio Podcast

In Portland as it is in Heaven. All teachings are available to stream and download at bridgetown.church.

Oct 05 2026 | 00:54:16

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 build kinship. Together, we consider how to listen for God’s invitation and participate in the story he is writing among us.

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Sep 28 2026 | 00:49:12

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 where we are.

 

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Sep 21 2026 | 00:42:16

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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Sep 14 2026 | 00:41:40

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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Sep 07 2026 | 00:50:11

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 offers another way, inviting us to come to him and find rest

 

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Aug 31 2026 | 00:49:29

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 what has been broken.

 

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Aug 25 2026 | 00:50:46

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 is doing.

 

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Aug 17 2026 | 00:42:40

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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Aug 10 2026 | 00:50:00

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 participation with him?

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Aug 03 2026 | 00:43:09

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 his grace has always been a gift to receive, not a prize to grasp. Even in the midst of our failures, God remains relentless in blessing and redeeming his people.

 

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Jul 27 2026 | 00:44:11

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 Isaac, a family of grabbers and liars that God blesses anyway.

 

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Jul 20 2026 | 00:38:32

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 his promises, and participate in the story he is still telling.

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Jul 13 2026 | 01:00:01

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 God's mercy and resurrection meet us. What might God be inviting you to place back into his hands?

 

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Jul 06 2026 | 00:41:47

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 that our prayers can help bring his kingdom to earth.

 

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Jun 29 2026 | 00:43:00

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 Genesis keeps telling its story about the unlikely, messy people God partners with to bring flourishing to the world.

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Jun 22 2026 | 00:46:35

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 remains steady, even when the path ahead is unclear.

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Jun 15 2026 | 00:44:22

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 faithfulness of God, resist the pull of control, and discover how the story of Melchizedek ultimately points to Jesus.

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Jun 08 2026 | 00:49:21

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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Jun 01 2026 | 00:56:37

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 midst of chaos, receive his blessing as a gift rather than something we control, and take small steps of faith toward the future he is shaping.

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May 25 2026 | 00:45:27

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 that we are not defined by our failures, but by the love of God that restores and makes us whole.

 

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May 18 2026 | 00:42:29

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, service, and love expressed in action and truth.

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May 11 2026 | 00:40:02

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 that even in places of loss, confusion, and disappointment, Jesus is still leading us toward life.

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May 04 2026 | 00:53:18

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.

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Apr 27 2026 | 00:38:12

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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Apr 20 2026 | 00:49:35

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.

 

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Apr 13 2026 | 00:49:43

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.

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Apr 06 2026 | 00:43:57

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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Apr 04 2026 | 00:07:31

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.

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Apr 04 2026 | 00:12:41

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.
 
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Mar 30 2026 | 00:57:58

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.

 

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