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October 27 Signs of a maturing faith.
Genesis 14 (14:13-16)
As we grow as Christians, it is essential that our faith matures. From
Abraham's story, we see that a maturing faith is not defeated even when
terrible things happen; it learns from its mistakes; and it becomes more
not less full of grace.
It is good to challenge ourselves and to look back on our Christian journey
- do we see evidence of a faith that is more sure when disaster strikes;
that is moving away from destructive patterns of behavior; that is becoming
less judgmental and legalistic? These are all signs of a maturing faith.
By Ed Flint
33 min
October 19 Faith in God’s provision.
As we continue our series exploring Abraham’s faith, we discover that deep
rooted trust in the promises of God that he will provide everything we need
is certainly a journey! Abraham sometimes got it right, and sometimes got
it monumentally wrong, but God continued to love him and continued to
provide for him.
Jesus, in Matthew 6, says - “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’
or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after
all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But
seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be
given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Today we consider what it might look like to relinquish control over to
God, to trust his promise that the will provide all we need, and to learn
to walk by faith, and not by sight.
By Wayne Cullum
0 min
October 13 Faith in God’s Call.
Genesis 11:27 - 12:9
Abraham is known as the father of faith, and held up as an exemplar of
faith by the New Testament writers. If we want our faith to grow, we can
learn a lot from Abraham.
In this introduction to our new series, we see this dynamic — growing faith
is always initiated by God, always requires a risk in response, is always
supported by God’s promises, always comes at some cost, but always leads to
and is strengthened by greater intimacy with God.
By Ed Flint
34 min
October 05 A vision for bread: a Community church.
God never intended for us to go through life alone. Being in community is
an essential part of the spiritual life, and central to the healing mission
of Jesus.
Examining the story of the woman with the bleeding condition, we will see
how Jesus models bringing people on the outside of society into intimate
relationship with Him and each other.
By Tom Powell
33 min
September 28 A vision for bread: a Functioning church.
What if the ordinary parts of our lives are not separate from the sacred?
Tracing a story of stewardship from Genesis through the New Testament, we
explore how practical gifts, small acts of attention, and the systems we
build can become expressions of love and worship. Operations, at its best,
is love made practical: care made real and durable.
By April Stephenson
0 min
September 21 A vision for bread: a Serving church.
Jesus describes himself as the one who “did not come to be served, but to
serve," so if we are being formed into his image, then it's an imperative
to understand that service isn’t an optional extra; everything we have been
given is given that it might, in some form, be given away.
But Jesus-shaped service isn’t driven by guilt, obligation, or the crushing
weight of infinite need. It grows out of knowing that we are loved, knowing
our limits, and learning the particular “yeses” God is inviting each of us
into.
Bread’s vision to be a serving church is centered in a vision of a family,
in which each of us learns to steward the “many-colored grace” we have
received; serving one another, partnering with people doing extraordinary
work across Los Angeles, and learning to give ourselves away together.
By Hannah Flint
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September 14 A vision for bread: a Worshipful church.
Worship isn't just the opening act for a sermon. At bread, our vision is to
be people who know how to worship God in Spirit and in Truth, as Jesus
asks.
This sermon looks at how worship through our music continues the ancient
tradition of accessing the presence of God through singing, and how there
is no greater place to be than in the presence of the King of Glory.
By Ben Manusama
0 min
September 08 A vision for bread: a Discipling church.
Throughout the New Testament, the early disciples, despite their vast
differences and in spite of the likely tensions and challenges, together,
were taught and they taught each other. They listened and shared. They
observed and they actively participated. They heard and they questioned…All
of this learning was centered around the person of Jesus.
In the midst of all the noise and busy-ness of life today, a call to
apprenticeship to Jesus invites us to prioritize His voice above all the
other competing noise, to sit at His feet, to dwell in His presence, and
teach us and show us and invite us to explore what it is to center
ourselves and our lives around Him. We do this not as a means of earning
our salvation - Jesus has already covered that cost for us as an undeserved
gift, without condition - but instead our discipleship is an act of worship
and gratitude for all Jesus has done, all he is doing, and all he will do
for us, in us, and through us. This is why we commit to discipleship to
Jesus here at Bread.
By Wayne Cullum
45 min
September 02 A vision for bread: an Empowered church.
Jesus doesn't leave us with marching orders and then tell us we’re on our
own. Rather, Jesus empowers his church with all the power of heaven by the
gift of his Holy Spirit. We’re neither left alone, nor weak.
So, the supreme need for every Christian individual and every Christian
church is to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. We all need the
gifts of the Holy Spirit, the experience of the Holy Spirit, and the
inclusion of the Holy Spirit for the sake of each individual Christian
walk, and for the sake of our collective impact in the world.
By Ed Flint
40 min
August 27 A vision for bread: a Good News church.
The Bible describes Jesus as good news. His church, therefore, must be
somewhere where people hear good news - good news that in Jesus, God can be
known, He is a friend who understands, He offers a way out of cycles of
destructive behavior, He goes before us in everything, He champions us like
an older brother, and he delivers us from all fear.
This is good news. And we aspire to be a good news church.
By Ed Flint
40 min