The Bridge Community Church | Bonne Terre
by The Bridge Community Church · 80 episodes
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Sermons from The Bridge Community Church in Bonne Terre, MO
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38 min
Compelling Self-Control
Here is the thing. Self-control is not ultimately about discipline. Paul does not call it the fruit of human determination. He calls it the fruit of the Spirit, in Galatians 5:22 (…
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42 min
Compelling Faithfulness
We tend to think faithfulness is the feeling of loyalty we have when things are going well. But the Spirit produces something sturdier than that in us. Faithfulness trusts God's he…
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39 min
Compelling Kindness & Goodness
Titus 3:4-5 puts it plainly. "When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his…
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42 min
Compelling Patient & Gentleness
The patience God showed Jonah is the same patience God showed Nineveh. And it is the same patience God has shown every one of us. The Gospel does not allow us to hold that double s…
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47 min
Compelling Joy and Peace
The joy of Jesus is bigger than your circumstances.
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37 min
Compelling Love
The Samaritan saw a man in the dirt and something in him moved. Love, the kind Paul calls agape in Galatians 5, is not a feeling that stays inside. It moves outward. It costs somet…
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26 min
A Compelling Life
The Spirit works where Christ is trusted. Not where you perform well enough, but where you actually trust Him with the ordinary moments of this week.
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42 min
A Compelling Gospel
Paul does not ease into it. He opens Galatians 5 with a declaration, not a suggestion: "For freedom Christ has set us free" (Galatians 5:1). That is just sitting there. Not a maybe…
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45 min
Loving Leadership
Most leadership, if we are honest, is at least a little transactional. We give, and somewhere underneath the giving, we are waiting to see what comes back. Paul was not doing that.…
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38 min
Worship Is Warfare
Jehoshaphat stands before his people with an army at the door, outnumbered, and he prays: "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you" (2 Chronicles 20:12, ESV). That is no…
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42 min
When Weakness Becomes Strength
Your weakness is not the end of your usefulness. It is where God tends to begin.2 Corinthians 12:1-10
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39 min
Boasting Like a Fool
But Paul does something in this passage that stops you cold. When he finally lists his own credentials, he does not land on his accomplishments. He lands on his suffering. Beatings…
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31 min
Guarding the Gospel
A counterfeit Gospel will not save you, no matter how inspiring it sounds.2 Corinthians 11:1-15
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49 min
This Is War
The weapons God has given us carry divine power. Not our cleverness. Not our willpower. His power. Paul says it plainly in verse 4: "For the weapons of our warfare are not of the f…
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37 min
Grace in Giving | Part 2
Here is the thing. Paul is not just talking about an offering. He is talking about evidence. Your generosity, or the lack of it, is evidence of what you have actually submitted you…
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42 min
Godly Character
Paul is introducing three men to a church that needs to trust them. What Paul keeps returning to is character, proven over time, under pressure, in the ordinary repetition of faith…
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47 min
Grace in Giving
It is a question of the heart. It is a question of willingness. The Macedonians gave themselves first to the Lord, and then, by the will of God, they gave to others. That order mat…
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37 min
Godly Sorrow
Paul, in 2 Corinthians 7:2–16, speaks about this very difference — the difference between worldly sorrow that destroys and godly sorrow that brings life. Big Idea: Worldly sorrow d…
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42 min
The Courage of Grace
God’s grace has been poured out on your life for a purpose. It’s producing something in you; walk in it, partner with God alone, let Him change you, and do so with courage.
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40 min
Reconciliation
The reconciling work of Jesus puts the love of God on full display. 2 Corinthians 5: 11-21