Bridgetown Video Podcast

Q&R: Deconstruction & Doubt with A.J. Swoboda

From the series "Future Church." Listen to a Q&R on deconstruction and doubt with A.J. Swoboda and John Mark Comer as we ask how we can question our faith without losing it.

Deconstruction & Doubt with A.J. Swoboda

From the series "Future Church." Listen to a lecture from A.J. Swoboda, author of the book After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It, as we discuss the reality of deconstruction in the church. Is there a way to walk faithfully through doubt and come out the other side with a deeper love for Jesus, the church, and its tradition? Can we question our faith without losing it?

Part 4: A Community of Holiness in a Culture of Moral Relativism

From the series "Future Church." We live in a fascinating moment when culture is becoming both more moral (in particular around human rights) and less moral at the same time. The moral relativism of secularism cannot hold a soul (much less a society) together. In this moment, Jesus' call to holiness is more acute than ever before. While for many, the word "holiness" comes with the baggage of fear and shame, it's actually about joy. In this teaching we explore holiness, a theology of the body, and the practice of fasting as a path to joy in God.

Part 3: A Community of Orthodoxy in a Culture of Ideological Idolatry

From the series "Future Church." The zeitgeist of our generation is deconstruction. The ideologies of both the Right and the Left are operating as pseudo-religions, and drawing people away from orthodox faith. Each a political religion "with a twist of Christianity." How do we stay faithful to Jesus and not let our heart get swept away? Through the practice of reading Scripture we come to let Jesus' words abide deep in our being, and shape the trajectory of our soul.

Part 2: A Community of Tight-knit Loving Relationships in a Culture of Individualism and Tribalism

From the series "Future Church." Future church is an act of dreaming together with God about the next chapter of our life as a church. We want to stand as an alternative society to that of our hurting city, through practicing a rule of life designed for us to flourish and thrive.

Part 1: It's Time to Dream Again

From the series "Future Church." In our new series, we explore challenges facing the post-COVID church, and dream about the future church. How could a rule of life index us toward those dreams?

Steps Into Suffering

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." Most of us have an agenda for Jesus, whether spoken or unspoken, but often His agenda is different than our own. Jesus shows that God's agenda is to step into suffering because He is compassionate.

Godly Ambition

From the series "Gospel of Matthew." Success in the kingdom of God is not as the world measures it. In fact, it often looks contrary to what one would anticipate and even hope for. In this teaching we will explore Godly ambition, servanthood and the call to both in the kingdom of God.

Walking with God in a time of Chaos

What does it look like to walk with God in a time like ours? How can we experience intimacy with God, discern his work, and contend for his purposes in a time of distraction and discouragement? Jon Tyson shares tangible ways to walk with God in our everyday lives in these extraordinary times.

Part 2: Finding God in All Things

From the series "31 Days Of Prayer." As part of our initiative to start the year off in prayer, in this teaching we explore the Ignatian prayer of Examen as a practice by which we slow down, become more present to love, and “find” God in our everyday life.