Category Archives: Sermons

Why Jesus Had to Die

I’ve gotten the question over the years, “Why did Jesus have to die and take our sin? How does his his death absolve MY sin?” Pastor Greear’s short explanation/illustration here helps.

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Throwback Thursday – Pineapple Story: A Lesson in Giving Things Over to God

This is one of my favorite sermons of all time. Otto Koning was a Dutch missionary in Papua New Guinea. I love his sense of humor, which I’d like to think is similar to mine. This is absolutely worth the … Continue reading

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Prayers I Pray – Prayer 2

So here’s the second prayer I have taped in my Bible for me to read before I stand to preach/teach on a Sunday morning (or any other opportunity). It’s taken from what is probably my favorite Christian non-fiction book of all time: … Continue reading

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Prayers I Pray – Prayer 1

Generally speaking, every Sunday I get the privilege of delivering a message/sermon. Inside my Bible I’ve taped two prayers for me to pray before I give my message. Here’s the first, written by Dr. Allen Holmes of Daystar Church in … Continue reading

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Freedom’s Responsibility

I loved one of the illustrations from Pastor Matt‘s sermon on Sunday. I’ll get to that in a minute. The gist of the message was that we are called to “serve one another” (Galatians 5:13-16). In fact, God has set … Continue reading

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40-Day Prayer Challenge

This past Sunday, we began our current message series, “Vertical – Talking to God.”  We are going to spend six weeks learning about prayer and how we can grow our faith by relating to God through prayer.  If you missed … Continue reading

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New Testament Challenge Begins!

So today kicks off The Bridge’s New Testament Challenge!  Today’s reading is Matthew 1-2 and Acts 1-3. Matthew starts out with the genealogy of Jesus – his family tree. You might remember that we did a brief message series on … Continue reading

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New Testament Challenge

So this Sunday we kick off our New Testament Challenge! The challenge largely consists of reading through the New Testament portion of the Bible over a period of 63 days.  Many of us have tried to read through the Bible … Continue reading

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Wii Are Family

Don’t miss the start of our new series, “Wii Are Family” – this Sunday, 10:30am! We will have a blast diving in to navigating the famial relationships!

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Heaven and Hell – More than Halos and Pitchforks, Right?

The last two Sundays we’ve been in our series, “Heaven and Hell – More than Halos and Pitchforks, Right?”  On Easter Sunday, we tackled a few of the misconceptions about heaven and took a quick look at what the Bible … Continue reading

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