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Located in Portland, Oregon we are a church for the city. We want to see Godâs will done in Portland as it is in Heaven. All teachings are available to stream and download at bridgetownajc.org.

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Simplicity of Stuff

06.29.2020

Part 5 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. After laying the groundwork for the practice of simplicity, we tackle materialism head on. A truth that cuts across the human condition is: the more you get, the ...

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06.29.2020 Simplicity of Stuff Part 5 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. After laying the groundwork for the practice of simplicity, we tackle materialism head on. A truth that cuts across the human condition is: the more you get, the ...
06.22.2020 A Pastoral Word on our Cultural Moment We are all reeling from the last few months of life in America. The partisan divide between Right and Left, and the level of anger and acrimony, is at an all-time high, into the global pandemic of COVID-19, into a ...
06.15.2020 An Interview with Richard Probasco We are honored to have Richard Probasco, founding pastor of New Song Community Church, with us to tell the story of his life in Portland as a Black man, a musician, a pastor, and an adoptive father.
06.08.2020 Race & Justice with Mark Strong We want to stop and acknowledge the reality that our Black and Brown sisters and brothers experience in our country. We are honored to have Mark Strong, lead pastor of Life Change Church in North Portland, with us to share ...
06.04.2020 A Pastoral Word on Bridgetown & Racial Justice As a church, a city, and a nation, we are angry and heartbroken over the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. And of the many Black men and women before them. We are in an historic moment. ...
06.01.2020 Simplicity of Apparel Part 4 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. We humans have a surpassingly complex, emotional relationship to clothing. Behind the excess, waste, and vanity of modern fashion is an ancient biblical story in which clothing is ...
05.25.2020 Simplicity of Speech Part 3 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. We explore the ancient Christian practice of simplicity of speech, a disciplined attempt to talk like Jesus. And not talk like Jesus. To become aware of all the ...
05.18.2020 Simplicity of Heart Part 2 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. We begin our exploration of the practice of simplicity with what previous followers of Jesus called “simplicity of heart.” It’s not enough to simplify our possessions, we must ...
05.11.2020 The Propaganda of More Part 1 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. We live with a nagging sense that we never have enough – enough time in the day or money in the bank. We feel torn in multiple directions. ...
05.04.2020 Holy Uncertainty In times of great uncertainty and trauma, we can feel powerless, and our default tendency is to grasp for control. That is antithetical to the faith, hope and love of the way of Jesus. We end our series of pastoral ...
04.27.2020 COVID-19 As Crucible The metaphor of a crucible has long been used for the role that trials play in our spiritual formation. As far back as 1 Peter, writers have used the art of metallurgy as a word picture of the potential that ...
04.19.2020 Hope in a Time of Disappointment In this follow up teaching to Easter, we explore the symbiotic relationship between grief and hope, in Paul’s language to the church in Thessaly: “You do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.” It’s easy to ...
04.13.2020 The Living Voice For Easter 2020, we explore the writer John’s vision of the risen Jesus in Revelation 1, and Jesus’ two commands to not fear, and to look. We discover that the most basic posture of a disciple of Jesus is listening ...
04.06.2020 The Discipline of Notice From the series House to House. “We often miss what we are not focused on.” Undoubtedly, in light of this pandemic, our focus has shifted both as a culture and as individuals. Now more than ever, our attention has become ...
03.29.2020 How to be Alone From the series "House to House." The COVID-19 shutdown is a kind of involuntary desert. A time of quiet and isolation and stripping away. Yet in a culture of the “extroverted ideal,” many of us simply do not know how ...
03.22.2020 A Kairos Moment From the series, "House to House." We’re living through what the writer Paul calls a “Kairos” moment, a key junction point in time, and our response to it will determine the future. It’s long been said that every crisis is ...
03.14.2020 Five Practices for Becoming a Non-Anxious Presence From the series "House to House." With Coronavirus (COVID-19) being reported in the greater Portland area, local officials have placed a restriction on public gatherings. So we are excited to introduce our new church initiative called "House to House." Listen ...
01.08.2020 A Long Form Interview with Pete Scazzero Listen to an interview with Pete Scazzero, founder of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York, and founder of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, a groundbreaking ministry that transform churches through multiplying deeply changed disciples and leaders. He is also the ...
09.16.2019 Special Announcement: Building Campaign Update We are over half way into our building campaign and continue to be so encouraged by your generosity. Since the campaign began, our church has given more than ever before. We are confident that God is at work in the ...
02.17.2019 Stop, Rest, Delight, & Worship Part 7 from the series, "Sabbath" as part of Practicing the Way. As we near the end of our Sabbath series, we finally come to Jesus’ relationship with the seventh day. People often misread Jesus’ teachings on the Sabbath as ...
02.10.2019 A Sabbath Meditation Part 6 from the series, "Sabbath" as part of Practicing the Way. As we are learning about Sabbath, this week we create a restful experience in our Sunday gathering. With Psalm 23 as a framework, we explore what it means ...
02.03.2019 Subversive Sabbath Part 5 from the series, "Sabbath" as part of Practicing the Way. We live in a 24/7 culture of endless productivity, workaholism, distraction, burnout, and anxiety--a way of life to which we've sadly grown accustomed. This tired system of "life" ...
01.27.2019 Sabbath & Your Humanity Part 4 from the series, "Sabbath" as part of Practicing the Way. In Sabbath we bring to God our whole selves, believing that he meets us where we are. As we acknowledge our humanity and aches, we create space to ...
01.20.2019 Sabbath as Resistance Part 3 from the series, "Sabbath" as part of Practicing the Way. In a society addicted to the twin drugs of accomplishment and accumulation, the Sabbath is an act of resistance. A way of saying, Enough. Pharaoh and his empire ...
01.13.2019 Sabbath as Rhythm Part 2 from the series, "Sabbath" As part of Practicing the Way. In the Genesis story, God worked for six days, and then he rested on the Sabbath. In doing so, he built a rhythm into the fabric of creation. ...
01.06.2019 Rest For Your Soul Part 1 of the series “Sabbath” as part of Practicing the Way. We begin one of the most important practices of Jesus with a big picture look at the restlessness of the human condition, and how it’s exacerbated by the ...
12.30.2018 The Story We Crave To be human is to have longings. We long for transcendence, for beauty, for love, and for a story in which we belong; and everyone finds a story to satisfy explain the longings and the world we find ourselves in. ...
12.16.2018 Part 10: Self-Denial in an Age of Self-Fulfillment At the center of the way of Jesus is a symbol: the cross. Yet all too often we see it as a sentimental song or piece of jewelry, rather than a way of life. The way to resurrection life has ...
12.09.2018 Part 9: The Way of the World Much of what our generation calls “culture,” Jesus and the writers of the Bible call “the world” – a system of ideas, values, practices and social norms that are institutionalized into a culture that is organized around rebellion against God ...
12.02.2018 Part 8: The Slavery of Freedom: Part 2 From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh, & the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. In this follow up message on the flesh, we dive deep into the fields of psychology, philosophy, and theology, to see how they ...
11.25.2018 Jesus and Women From our annual justice series.
11.18.2018 Special Announcement: Building Campaign A special announcement for those who follow Bridgetown Church.
11.11.2018 Part 7: Footholds vs Faithfulness From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh, and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. The Devil doesn't overpower or coerce us with his lies, instead he utilizes the seductive allure of influence. The authors of the Scriptures ...
11.04.2018 Part 6: God of Evil From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh, and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. Our lives and the world around us are often riddled with all kinds of evil, injustice, and suffering. Is God ever to blame, ...
10.28.2018 Part 5: The Man Who Silenced Satan From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. Guest speaker, Sarah Deutscher from Red Church in Melbourne, unpacks the humanity of Jesus, the devil's tactics and how we can follow Jesus ...
10.21.2018 Part 4: The Devil's Disinformation Campaign From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. In this teaching, guest speaker Mark Sayers joins us from Red Church in Melbourne, Australia to unpack what the Scriptures mean by "Elemental ...
10.14.2018 Part 3: God, the “gods”, and the Spiritual Backdrop of the Bible - Interview with Dr. Tim Mackie From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh, and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. This audio is taken from a video interview with Dr. Tim Mackie on God, the “gods”, and the spiritual backdrop of the Bible.
10.07.2018 The Truth About Lies: Part 2 From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. For Jesus, the devil’s primary strategy to ruin the soul and society isn’t what most of us expect. It’s lies. More specifically, it’s ...
09.30.2018 The Truth About Lies: Part 1 From the series, "Fighting the World, the Flesh and the Devil" as part of Practicing the Way. The modern, secular world laughs off the idea of the devil as a relic from the pre-scientific age. "Now we know better" is ...
09.23.2018 Vision Series 2018: Part 3: On Earth as it is in Heaven From the series, Vision Series 2018. In this teaching we put forward our vision of practicing the way of Jesus, together, in Portland at Bridgetown Church.
09.16.2018 Vision Series 2018: Part 2: Life of an Apprentice From our 2018 Vision Series. Practicing the way of Jesus is all about creating space for love. Making room to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what he did. In this vision Sunday teaching, we lay out a ...
09.16.2018 Part 2: Life of an Apprentice From our 2018 Vision Series. Practicing the way of Jesus is all about creating space for love. Making room to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what he did. In this vision Sunday teaching, we lay out a ...
09.09.2018 Vision Series 2018: Part 1: Alpha Sunday From the 2018 Vision Series. Guest speaker, Jason Ballard of Alpha Canada casts vision for how the church can partner together to host those who are seeking. Alpha is structured around an open and informal dialogue about faith, the person ...
09.02.2018 A Problem With Tradition From the series, "Gospel of Matthew." As Jesus continues his work, he stirs up controversy with religious leaders by doing good at the expense of formal rule-keeping. And in normal fashion, Jesus is constantly challenging our desire for a black ...
08.26.2018 Part 8: The Altar and the Table From the series, "Eating & Drinking" as part of Practicing the Way. In the last teaching on the practice of eating and drinking, we go back to the Hebrew ideas of animal sacrifice and covenant meals to better understand God's ...
08.19.2018 Part 7: How the Meal Became the Mass From the series, "Eating & Drinking" as part of Practicing the Way. The Lord’s supper, communion, the eucharist – whatever you call eating and drinking with God, this practice is at the very center of the church. And yet it’s ...
08.12.2018 Part 6: Dining Room Table Christianity From the series, "Eating & Drinking" as part of Practicing the Way. We near the end of our practice of eating and drinking with the third dimension: eating and drinking with God. The Lord’s supper was originally exactly what it ...
08.05.2018 The Secret of the Easy Yoke From the series, "Gospel of Matthew." As apprentices of Jesus, we are just as capable of following Jesus in some aspects of our lives as we are to completely reject him in others. What does it mean to fully accept ...
07.29.2018 We’re All Thomas Now From the series, "Gospel of Matthew." In a secular society, doubt is the new normal. But doubt is nothing new; we see it in John the Baptizer, a prophet that Jesus called the greatest man to ever live. And in ...
07.22.2018 Dying to Live From the series, "Gospel of Matthew." Jesus warns and encourages his disciples about what will come as they live into his Kingdom mission. What would it look like to live as a disciple, free of all fear, fully alive to ...

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