Bridgewater Conklin’s Podcast

Immanuel God with us: While We Wait

Series: Every year, people across the globe celebrate Christmas together.  But beyond the lights, the gifts, and the traditions stands a story.  Not just any story, but a story that has been told since the beginning of time.  It's the story about a problem, that finally found its answer in what we celebrate at Christmas.  Join us this Christmas season as we discover the answer to our greatest problems, Immanuel.

Sermon: In a time of life that should feel full of joy, celebration, and warm feeling, we know that is not always the case. What do you do when, you're no seeing what you hoped to see, you aren't where you hope to be, or you long for something that isn't a reality.  Where do you turn?

Scripture Passage: Isaiah 7:1-16

Speaker: Tim Sullivan

Jesus Talks Money: Trusting God is better than anxiety

How do you overcome crippling financial fear and anxiety?  The antidote to fear isn't courage, it's trust.

Scripture Passage: Luke 12:22-34

Speaker: Joel Garrison

Jesus Talks Money: Why More is Never Enough

What if the solution to our financial problems wasn’t “just a little bit more”? Join us as we discover why more is never enough and talk about Jesus’ radical solutions to the financial anxiety and discontent we all face.

Jesus says more is never enough, because greed isn’t better than contentment. Jesus addresses the three lies that feed greed and discontentment: It’s all from me, it’s all for me and I have lots of time.

 

Speaker: Joel Garrison

Exodus: Commissioned

God dramatically delivered His people from Egypt. He demonstrated His great power to them, gave them a new identity, and provided for their needs. He led them out to freedom. But for what? What did He have in mind for this nation? God chose them not only to demonstrate His love for them, but also His love for all people. He didn’t just save them with no purpose. He gave them an incredible purpose, to represent Him to all people. They, like the people of God today, have not been saved simply to enjoy our salvation, but to offer that salvation to the people in our world. We have been commissioned.

 

Speaker: Joel Garrison

Exodus: Sustained

Though God redeemed His people and brought them out of Egypt, the journey of freedom wasn’t easy. They faced challenges and questioned God and their leaders along the way. Like us, they were longing for rest and desperate for provision. But God miraculously led and sustained them all along the way, whether they chose to recognize it or not. We, like them, can be led to believe that we don’t have the resources we need to do all that God requires of us. But even in our doubt, God still provides and resources us for our journey through life.

 

Speaker: Joel Garrison

Exodus: Redeemed

Stories of rescue are some of the most amazing to be told. The account of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt is no different. When God brought His people out of Egypt, He also decimated the false religious system of the people of Egypt by bringing plagues against their country that served to reveal their god had no power to save them. The pivotal moment was the final plague, when God commanded Israel to make sure they were covered by the blood of a lamb. This pictures the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus, whose death redeemed us from slavery to sin.

 

Speaker: Joel Garrison 

Exodus: Chosen

When God chooses to use someone to accomplish something significant, what kind of person does He choose? Does He look for the strong, able intelligent, or popular? Or does He look for something else? When God chose Moses, we learn not only the kind of person He may choose, but we also learn that His agenda for what He will accomplish through that person is as important as what He will accomplish in that person.

 

Speaker: Joel Garrison

Exodus: Captive

We all love a good story. What makes a story so compelling and so good is when we can see ourselves in someone else’s story. In this series, the call is to see ourselves in someone else’s story. From the book of Exodus, we’ll learn from the nation of Isreal’s mistakes and work to repeat their success. From captivity to commission, this is the human story.

 

All people have the same starting point - held captive by sin. We are born this way. While it seems natural to us, it is not the the way it has to be. And though sin takes from us and leads us to death, this is not the way it has to be. Freedom from sin can be found in fearing God.

 

Speaker: Joel Garrison

I Can‘t Believe: The Disappointed

Sermon: Loss, heartache, and disappointment have a way of affecting our faith.  Maybe you thought God was going to heal someone, or change a situation and he didn't come through like you hoped.  That disappointment can drive us to a place of unbelief and doubt.  What does Jesus have to say about the hardest moments of our lives?

Scripture Passage: John 11:1-44

Speaker: Joel Garrison

I Can‘t Believe: The Shortsighted

Sermon: There is nothing more important than what you believe about God, salvation, and eternity; yet so often other things cloud out the most important decision you will ever make.  Is the reason you can't believe because something else has caught the attention of your heart and has led you away from what matters most?

Scripture Passage: John 6:14-69

Speaker: Joel Garrison