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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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February 13, 2022 Revelation: Restoration of All Things
What is likely to come to mind when we think of Revelation is the question,
“what will the end of the world look like”. It is what most of cultural
interest tends to be around the book. But it’s not quite what the book aims
to answer. Instead, Revelation is about Jesus and what He is doing. The
book unveils Jesus’ restoration of the earth by bringing heaven and thus
transforming everything about our world. It also shows how God will be
permanently present with his people - no temples, no sacred locations - God
face-to-face with us all the time. It isn’t just for the future, it also is
for today, in-part that is. So we can experience intimacy with Jesus and
glimpses of his kingdom restoring relationships, bodies, and more. Looking
ahead at what God is doing means we can have joy today.
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34min
February 06, 2022 Revelation: Empire State of Everything
Alright so we know it’s not a roadmap of end times by now, but what on
earth WAS John of Patmos saying when he wrote this epic and crazy story?
We’ve got to the scene with the dragon and beasts now (yep - coming at you
with 666 chat this morning) and as a side-note it still blows our MIND how
many people were raised with terrifying, entirely wrong teaching on this
stuff. This story is about same thing the rest of the bible is about: God
is good, evil is real and coming for you, but Jesus is on the throne. The
beast was the Roman Empire - no serious scholars disagree on that. Empire,
and all it’s lying, deceiving, masquerading about who we should worship and
how we should live. Conquer, dominate, and tell ourselves God is on OUR
side. Those of us whose politics demand we’re already 100% anti-empire
should make no mistake: the imperial cult is still whispering to us all.
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39min
January 30, 2022 Revelation: Overcoming Evil
Part of what Jesus says to the church throughout the book of Revelation is
this: "Evil is real. It is both inside and outside of God’s church. But let
us overcome it together.” In fact Jesus has already defeated all the forces
of evil once and for all. And he calls his people to join in his victory.
This talk is both about us taking seriously the ways in which we collude
with evil in our own lives, and how we are able to overcome it -
specifically through joining in the worship of heaven and putting out faith
in the victory of the lamb.
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38min
January 23, 2022 Revelation: The End of Fear
One of the most misunderstood and misapplied books in the Bible, Revelation
has tended to either scared people off or unhealthily preoccupied them. In
this introduction to the series we explore what this curious book actually
is, and importantly what it isn’t. Ultimately this is a book a much about
our present as it is our future - and it’s one which expands our vision to
the extremes of how big and awe-inspiring Jesus is. His first words spoken
in the book are ‘do not be afraid’ - he is good, he loves us, and he has
been and will continue to be victorious over all evil.
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38min
January 17, 2022 2022 –Leave Behind Your Box - talk + QA
We are happy to have had Mark Chase with us (virtually that is, as you’ll
notice by the not so great audio quality). We observed how each of us
clings to a box, that thing we take comfort in, where we feel safe, where
it’s predictable and it’s often what we can put God in. But God isn’t meant
to be put in a box, he comes to shatter our boxes and offer us something
much more valuable: life with him. When we let him get a hold of us, we can
partner with God to create a better world that looks after the
marginalized, seeks justice, and is meaningful. God comes to release life
and flourishing for all and you can join him. This is what his kingdom is
about and he does this by his Spirit. All of this is followed by a Q&A
where Ed and Mark chat about what this looks like in our church. Take a
listen.
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50min
December 13, 2021 Christmas Service – We’re in Uncertain Times
And as a species we don’t tend to do very well with uncertainty - it makes
us anxious. When world-views are shaken and things we thought were solid no
longer appear to be, our brains will do everything they can to stop us from
experiencing uncertainty. We can be tempted either to double down on
certainty (despite all evidence to the contrary) or demolish the whole
edifice of our beliefs entirely. Many people feel caught between these two
extremes when it comes to their Christian faith. But the story of Christmas
invites us on a different path. Jesus did not take flesh in order simply to
be believed in - but to be met. He became one of us to be with us. Putting
our faith in Jesus (as opposed to a belief system) is a lifelong journey of
him forming and challenging all our beliefs and actions. And it means that
we neither need to hold onto certainty dogmatically, nor throw everything
away as soon as doubt creeps in. Rather we allow God’s spirit to change us
from glory to glory. And we can meet an uncertain world in confidence, not
our own, but his. Because Christmas means that once and for all: God is
with us - so we never need to be afraid again.
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21min
December 05, 2021 Advent –Hope in the Messy
The timing of Jesus' arrival is worth noting, he comes at a height of
imperial power, social unrest, and religious clashes all under a false
peace. In the messiness of it all, Jesus is born in manger and of him it is
declared 'Prince of Peace' and 'King'. This is something the writers of
Matthew and Luke want to highlight because it shows that in our own lives,
Jesus doesn't mind clashing with the things we've made kings, he isn't
intimated by the mess in our personal lives, in our relationships, or in
the world around us. He arrives in the midst of it all and we can know him
to be the bringer of peace, and the King. This is the hope of Christmas.
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37min
November 28, 2021 End of Year Giving Campaign (2) - Give To Something Of Lasting Value
The currency of the kingdom of God will always be people. Jesus began his
ministry by finding 12 disciples in whom he could invest - not projects, or
buildings, or courses, or initiatives, but people. Bread church exists to
carry on this mission and to invest in people - both those who are near and
far off. When we give our financial resources to the church we are
investing in this currency. We're looking to see people from all
backgrounds, experiences, and understanding of faith grow to become more
and more Jesus-like. In so doing we’re acting in faith and helping build
God’s kingdom of peace and justice and mercy and freedom here and now.
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44min
November 21, 2021 End of Year Giving Campaign – How is your relationship with money?
It’s easy to judge others about their use of money (most often the very
rich or the very poor), but less easy to consider our own relationship with
money. Jesus talked a lot about money because he knew how a healthy
treatment of money was so important to our spiritual health. Allowing Jesus
into our finances is one of the most challenging but transformational
things we can do. We’re called to put out faith in him, not money. And in
so doing we can be free with money - to earn it, to save it and to give it
away in such a way as to have a huge impact for God’s kingdom.
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50min
November 07, 2021 Where Help Comes From –Peace in the Wait
Waiting doesn't come naturally to humans. It's inconvenient, it's annoying,
but most of all it's painful. We're are all familiar with waiting and so
was the community behind Psalm 85. Like us, they're waiting to bounce back
from a less than ideal situation. In it all, they hear from the One who
promises peace or 'shalom'. God is the one who offers shalom. Its
completeness and wholeness to our fractured situations, relationships, and
souls. And in him is where we find our enoughness. So in the wait, we can
know and experience the living God who brings shalom.
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31min

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