bread church

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Weekly talks from bread, in Hollywood, CA.

Bread is an open-minded, Spirit-filled, non-denominational church in the heart of Los Angeles. We believe in the world-changing power of Jesus and

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November 24, 2025 Jesus comforts those in distress.
Isaiah 40:1-11
The Bible never promises us a stress-free life. Indeed, we’re regularly
told that, as Christians, we can expect suffering. However we can also
always expect God to be our great comforter whatever we face. His comfort
is so extraordinarily powerful that even when circumstances are at their
most dire, we are lifted up, drawn closer and enlivened in our faith.
God comforts us by his nature, his word, and through the comfort of his
people. Isaiah prophesies about God’s comfort coming to his people in
distress. In Jesus, and by his Spirit, that same comfort is available to us
now and always.
By Ed Flint
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39min
November 17, 2025 Jesus gives you a home.
Isaiah 35 offers a vision of hope and home to God’s people in exile,
hundreds of years prior to Jesus. It poetically speaks of the wildness of
God’s compassionate mercy and his surprising power.
From this passage we can see a theme that extends far forward as well, that
Jesus has come to give us a forever home that is secure. And because of his
love and power—even in the driest, most hopeless places—songs of joy and
gladness can spring up in our lives.
As he made a desert road for the exiles from Judah, so he has made a road
home for us in the midst of our pain and wilderness-seasons.
By Nelly D’Alessandro
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36min
November 10, 2025 Jesus restores what you’ve lost.
Isaiah 11:1-10
Isaiah prophesies the kingdom of Judah’s downfall at the hands of the
Assyrians. The people of God are like a tree felled to a stump. But all is
not lost. From that stump, the remnant of Israel, God’s Messiah will come,
and he will restore all that has been lost.
On a personal level, we all suffer loss to various degrees. Sometimes we’re
responsible, other times we’re not. Jesus, our Messiah, full of God’s
spirit, comes to restore all that has been lost: our place in creation, our
relationship with God, and our mission to the world.
By Ed Flint
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39min
November 03, 2025 Jesus dispels darkness.
Isaiah 9:1-7⁠
Jesus is the prince of peace, the prince of shalom. Shalom is more than
just an absence of conflict. It is everything being made complete and
right. In our world, we can be very aware of the darkness. The news is
often filled with it. And we have darkness closer to home; in our family
relationships as well as in our own personal lives, too.
Jesus has come to dispel all darkness and bring an end to all conflict. But
He can only do as much as we let Him have access to in our lives. The more
we’re able to let our old selves die, and resurrect with Him, the more
peace rules our lives and enables us to bring Jesus’ shalom to a world in
need.
By Ed Flint
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49min
October 20, 2025 Devoted to growth.
The early church grew at a phenomenal rate. Churches are supposed to grow.
This is because God’s will is that every single person know him and be part
of his community of love. So, a church that refuses to grow is outside the
will of God.
Growth is always the work of God. We’re simply called to participate in
what he’s already doing. He builds the waves, our job is to ride them for
as long as we’re able. The way we do that is the way the first Christians
did it: they were witnessed what Jesus had done in their lives, and they
were empowered by the Holy Spirit to do so.
We’re called to witness and be empowered, to be empowered and to witness.
When we all do this, the potential for the growth of Jesus’ church is
exponential!
By Ed Flint
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38min
October 15, 2025 Devoted to praise.
Worship is an integral part of what it is to be human. All of us are
worshippers. But the only thing worthy of our worship is the God who is
infinite. Every other object of our worship will eat us alive. By contrast,
worship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, means we enter into the life the
Trinity has been, is, and will always be enjoying - glorifying one another,
and being glorified by one another.
This worship, rather than robbing us of life, brings us to life. When we
worship in Spirit (our spirits connecting with his Spirit, by means of the
Holy Spirit’s direction) and in Truth (directing our worship solely to
Jesus, the crucified and resurrected Lord of Truth) we engage in true
worship. The worship that life was meant for.
By Ed Flint
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42min
October 06, 2025 Devoted to sincerity.
In Luke's characterization of the early church, he describes them as having
"sincere hearts"...but what does that mean? In the context of our modern
culture, the definition of sincerity seems to shift depending on who you
ask: is it just saying what's on your mind? Is it being "real" (whatever
that means)? Does integrity have any role?
Examining the story of Ruth, we see that in God's design for how to live,
you cannot separate integrity and sincerity. Our sincerity costs us
something in our interpersonal relationships, in that we risk being
vulnerable with our true, authentic selves. It is our true authentic
selves, however, that God has made us to be and He will use who we are,
wherever we are.
Looking at Naomi in the story, we also see the importance of sincerity of
our worship. Naomi points us to the reality that sometimes the most honest
worship we can offer God is "I'm really mad at you right now". From Ruth
and Naomi's story, we know that when we bring our authentic selves before
God, He will use it. So we don't need to be ashamed or embarrassed of our
doubts, fears, or laments -- we just need to be honest about them and let
God lead wherever He's taking us.
By Rebekah Covington
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35min
September 30, 2025 Devoted to that which brings gladness.
‘A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms’ said William Barclay.
So where does the deep joy that the New Testament writers so regularly
describe come from? It is found not in our circumstances, but in our roots.
We are like trees planted by streams of water, drawing on the life of the
spirit. When trouble comes, our roots go deeper - so that even when we
suffer, we rejoice. This happens only when we give up pursuing happiness
first, and pursue instead Jesus’ righteousness.
When we delight in the law of the Lord (his gospel, his lordship, his care
for us, his rule of life), then we are blessed, then we are intrinsically,
fundamentally happy!
By Ed Flint
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36min
September 22, 2025 Devoted to friendship.
In this talk, we focus on a slightly more emotionally risky aspect of
devotion. The part where we share not just what we have, but who we are.
It’s the intimacy reflected in a meal in a home, a conversation around a
dinner table, a showing of our cards with the courage to be seen. A
devotion to friendship.
Friendship can look different in different seasons of life, but some
challenges get in the way no matter who or where we are. We will explore a
few of these together, and look to the bible for examples of friendship we
can look up to. The good news: wherever you are on your friendship journey,
you can become a better friend because you have access to the source of
love.
By Tavia Grubbs
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September 16, 2025 Devoted to those in need.
In this talk, we discover what true devotion to those in need looks like
through the example of the early church. God's heart for those in need is
undeniable. Just as Jesus saw His own face in "the least of these" (Matthew
25), we're called to see Christ in those in need around us. We are invited
to move from awareness to action, starting where we are with what we have.
By Noah Sanford
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