What happens when our churches become isolated groups that struggle to let others in? It creates a barrier for people to truly expereince the community and love God has aimed to bless us with. But in our culture today the art of having a conversation with another person has been lost. Learning simple facts about someone knew like their name has become one of the hardest challenges we will face. In this episode Austin and Berlin pull some tips from Dale Carnegie’s book ‘How To Win Friends and Influence People’ in order for us to apply those tips to our local gatherings as a church. The couple goes over the importance of knowing peoples names, creating a welcoming atmosphere that draws people in and finding ways to let strangers to your church know that we care about yo even outside of these four walls.

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Berlin makes her official debut as a new cohost joining Austin in discussing technology’s role in our life. The duo discuss the history of social media and the language around it as well as cover three principles pulled from Cal Newport’s book ‘Digital Minimalism.’ They seek to establish three practical steps on how to change our relationship with technology in our own lives as well as set a foundation for where tech should stand in our life.

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Dwane Johnson comes on the pod today to share a little bit of his story. Dwane Johnson is one of our very own here at The Bridge Church. Dwane opens up on the pod about his tough relationship with

his father and the trauma it caused him. Dwane also unpacks how this trauma affected him

in later years and how through Jesus he has found recovery.

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Does the Bible define gender for us? What if we do not feel like the gender we have been assigned at birth fits who we believe we are? Should we use the pronouns as Christians of those who identify differently than their biological sex?

Join this conversation with Austin and Robby as they seek to find how to follow Jesus well in the gender identity debate!

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Carl Gregory(Austin’s dad) comes on the pod today to talk us through his struggles with addiction, how being a workaholic has affected his life, following Jesus without discipleship and recovery.

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AUSTIN AND ROBBY TEAM BACK UP IN THIS EPISODE TO GO OVER what its been like doing the podcast for two years. Austin breaks down his anxiety with the podcast as well as him growing as a teacher and leader. Robby shares about where The Bridge church is at and how he's growing as a preacher. Austin also announces his and Berlin's baby girl Adalynn for the first time on the pod!

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THIS IS OUR FINAL EPISODE IN OUR GALATIANS SERIES AS WELL AS OF THE YEAR! On this weeks episode, Austins takes us through the mind of Paul in what it looks like for Christian’s to hold each other accountable. This forces us to ask questions like: Who are we becoming? How do we grow into Christ-likeness? And how does this affect the relationships we have with others in our community?

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IN THIS SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS, and in this episode starts off by asking the question: Are you still in bondage or not? As a Christian, do you feel more free or more restricted and thus do you experience the joy of Christ or not?

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IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS. In this episode Austin asks the question: Do you really believe that Jesus' good news is good news to you?

So often we get caught up using Christian cliches but what if we examined the words we speak? The gospel means good news? But who is it good news too?

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IN OUR NEW SERIES AUSTIN TAKES US THROUGH THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS where in this episode we ask the question: Are you a child of God?"

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