Bridgewater Hallstead’s Podcast

Let's Stop Pretending: Overcome Evil with What?

In the heat of the battle, reacting, instead of carefully responding is very easy to do. However, if we are going to honor one another above ourselves, we are going to have to learn to listen to one another and resolve conflict with good rather than evil. What might happen in our relationships if we listened to God’s instructions instead of our feelings?

Romans 12:14-21

Speaker: Josh Jones

Let's Stop Pretending: The ONE Thing

Let’s stop pretending. The longer you are in relationships the harder it is to pretend or fake loving someone. Eventually the real you comes out. We need to stop pretending and genuinely love others.

Where do we begin when it comes to relationships? There is ONE thing that all good relationships have in common. Whether it be a husband and wife, two people dating, parents and kids, employer or employee or best friends there is ONE thing that every good relationship has in common.

Romans 12:9-10

Speaker: David Wyman

2024 Goals

We’re talking about vision. A vision for the people in your life who don’t know Jesus to become followers of Jesus. A vision for those in your workplace to lean in to hear what you have to say because you live out your faith in such a winsome and attractive way. A vision to have a vibrant, growing, community of faith in communities where it’s lacking. A vision to creatively participate in what God is doing in the world. A vision to ask and expect big things of God while we innovate and take risks. A vision to see exponentially more people jumping in to become a part of what God is doing among us by serving, giving, praying, investing, and inviting.

Matthew 25:29

Speaker: Josh Jones & David Wyman 

The Final Countdown: How to Share Your Faith

How do we live and witness in a hostile world?

1 Peter 3:13-17

Speaker: Joel Garrison

The Final Countdown: What's Coming

In Matthew 24 Jesus’ followers ask Him THE question: “What sign will signal your return at the end of the world?” What are the six things that Jesus said have to happen before He returns? Are any still unfulfilled? And most importantly, how should we live in these last days?

Matthew 24

Speaker: Josh Jones

The Final Countdown: How to Live ”Ready”

Since Jesus made it abundantly clear that we are living in the end times - we should know how to live in a way that makes every day count! So how do we live “ready”? Jesus sent letters to churches in Asia Minor to make sure that they were ready for His return and making the most of every opportunity. Will you listen what Jesus says to His church?

Mark 13:32-37; Revelation 1:1,4-8, 3:14-22

Speaker: David Wyman

The Final Countdown: What in the World is Happening?

War. Poverty. Unrest. What in the world is going on, and how should we live today? The current conflict between Israel and Hamas has sparked several questions regarding the End Times and whether this is the end. If we are living in the End Times, how would we know & how should we prepare?

The current Israel crisis sparks many questions for followers of Jesus. We wonder if this is the end of the world. If so, how did this begin, and what is our response? Today, we will look at Genesis 16-21 and go back to the beginning of where the conflict started.

Genesis 16:1-3; 9-12, 17:17-19, 21:8-10

Speaker: Bob Kadlecik

Unlikely Christmas: Unlikely Plan

The events surrounding the Christmas story are incredibly unlikely. So much so that it’s almost ironic that we celebrate it so greatly.

God becoming a baby.

The King of Heaven placed in a feeding trough.

The king of Israel becoming so scared by a tiny baby that he kills off all of the baby boys in Bethlehem.

Why such an incredibly unlikely plan? To produce an incredible outcome. The only question is—will you receive the gift of Jesus?

Luke 1:35

Speaker: Josh Jones

Unlikely Christmas: Unlikely Messengers

So much of the Christmas story seems unlikely, including God’s choice of messengers to tell people about it. Angels were an obvious choice, but shepherds and foreign wisemen? But the most unlikely of all was God’s messenger to earth–Jesus. That God would humble Himself into such a small and weak container, a baby boy, is the most unlikely plan of all.

Luke 2:8-20

Speaker: David Wyman

Unlikely Christmas: Unlikely Timing

When something is promised, it’s easy to get excited and start watching for the fulfillment of the promise. It’s easy, that is, until time drags on and on, seemingly without any movement or change. Eventually, it’s easy to start thinking “It’s not going to happen”, or “We must have gotten it wrong”, or “They must have changed their mind.” Before you know it the lack of movement convinces us that the possibility of anything happening is highly unlikely. So what do we do when God’s timing seems suspect and leads us to believe that His promises are highly unlikely?

Luke 2:21-40

Speaker: David Wyman