Date: 20.02.2022 Pastor Matt Sweetman brings the first evening message in our church-wide "James: Faith in Action" series, "Troubles…Pure Joy?" Who does James consider himself to be? Who is in charge of their own lives? Who is the Lord? Will you live in the truth or in deception? What is Jesus' claim on us? Will you commit? It is not necessarily easy, but consider it joy. Blessed is the one who perseveres. Communion is shared as the close of the message. Passages: James 1: 1-12, Ps 24: 1, Luke 1...
Feb 21, 2022•44 min•Ep. 211
Date: 20.02.2022 Pastor Nathan Harris brings the first message in our church-wide "James: Faith in Action" series, "Troubles…Pure Joy?" James wants to move our faith to action. How can we begin to do this? Who wrote this letter? He has seen Jesus up close. How are we to face trials in this life? How can a good God allow pain and suffering? Can we avoid it? How can we face it? What blessings can come from trials? Stand firm! Passages: James 1: 1-12, 2: 17, 1Cor 15: 7, 2Cor 12, Heb 12: 2 Click her...
Feb 21, 2022•41 min•Ep. 210
Date: 14.11.2021 Pastor Dan Moura concludes our 'Jeremiah: Hope for the Future' series with "Share in His Holiness" God has done so much for His people, yet they turned away. God still has a plan. No discipline is pleasant. What brings joy to your heart? What brings fullness to joy? What is God always doing? And what has man done? Yet we have the good news of Jesus! There is grace for the humble. Passages: Jer 29: 11, Heb 12: 4-14, Acts 3: 13-15, 2: 36-39, 1Pet 5: 5-6, Luke 17: 5-10, Heb 12: 1-3...
Feb 16, 2022•59 min•Ep. 191
Date: 13.02.2022 Pastor Nathan Harris shares a shortened Vision for Bridgeman Baptist Community Church. If you want some more visibility of this Vision, please watch the morning service. We thank God all He has done over our past 30 years. Every small seed has a huge potential. We are to sow the seeds generously. God's heart is for the harvest. What is your frontline missional community? We also share in two baptisms at Streetlight. "It is so worth it!" Tonight we are privileged to witness four ...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 209
Date: 13.02.2022 Pastor Nathan Harris shares our "Vision Sunday" message of "Sowing Generously" Rev Neil Bernard is inducted as a part-time pastor focusing on 'inspire' and pastoral care. Nathan shares some of our visions for the year ahead. What is the significance and potential of a seed? How are we to sow Kingdom seeds? We want to see a mighty harvest. What is our job? What is your dream? Where is God calling you to? Where is your frontline missional community? How can we care for our communi...
Feb 13, 2022•52 min•Ep. 208
Date: 06.02.2022 We welcome Tamara and Pastor Tyrone Thomas is inducted today. Pastor Jodi Traves shares the message to "Choose a Beautiful Life"What can brush fears away? How are we to live? Is something holding you back? What is God's plan? He is reaching out to us. How can we respond? Will you be a living sacrifice? There is transforming power in the gospel. You have a grace gift. Will you use it? Passages: Rom 12 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https...
Feb 06, 2022•44 min•Ep. 207
Date: 30.01.2021 Pastor David Twigg shares tonight's message, "A Better Life" What are you pouring your life into? How can you experience life to the full? Do you want to be transformed? Where are you spending your time? What is the best use of your time? Passages: Duet 4, Hos 10: 12, Phil 4: 8, Matt 6 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please email hello@bridgeman.org.au If ...
Jan 30, 2022•53 min•Ep. 206
Date: 30.01.2021 Pastor Andrew Carnell brings today's message, "The Veil is Torn" If wind and waves obey, why should we too, obey? How are we to see Jesus? How do we then respond? Will you draw near? He has made the way! Who can you encourage to come? Do it for one another! Passages: Heb 10: 19-25, Heb 10: 1-3, 11-14, 24-25, John 13: 44-35 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church p...
Jan 30, 2022•47 min•Ep. 205
Date: 23.01.2021 Pastor Travis Grainger shares tonight's message of "The Privilege of Suffering" Discipline can be healthy. We were born into sin. And yet we can have the privilege of being children of God. Even the privilege of suffering. Suffering is part of many things in life, even in joy. How can we rejoice in suffering? What does the promises of God say? Passages: Rom 8: 16-19, 1Pet 4: 12-14, James 1: 2-3, 2Cor 5: 17, Eze 36: 26, Phil 2: 5-8, Heb 12: 1-3 Please send prayer requests to pray...
Jan 23, 2022•46 min•Ep. 204
Date: 23.01.2021 Pastor David Twigg brings today's message, "Where is your treasure?" Have you come across something amazing that overflows your heart? Where is God in your heart? Do you hold back from God? Are you hiding your Treasure? Would you share it? Will you grasp your Treasure in its entirety? Passages: Matt 12: 41-43, Matt 13: 44-46 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church...
Jan 23, 2022•50 min•Ep. 203
Date: 16.01.2021 Pastor Dan Moura shares the message, "Winter is Coming" What is it like to draw towards the end for Paul? How does he see it? Where is his trust? What is his gospel? The Son of God, the Son of man, only Jesus. What does this mean for us? We share in communion as part of the service. Passages: 2Tim 4: 6-8, 18, 2Tim 1: 8-14, 2Tim 1: 6, 2Tim 2: 8-9, Rom 1: 3-4, Rom 12: 1-2, Rom 6: 5, 2Tim 2: 10-13 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www...
Jan 16, 2022•53 min•Ep. 202
Date: 16.01.2021 We commission the Hodges family on their next mission journey. They value continued prayer support. Rev Dr John Sweetman brings today's message, "Leadership is not easy" Sometimes our Christian leaders may fall. Who can we trust? What can we do to protect and support our church and leaders? What are we look for in our leaders? Who can we model our lives on? Can we add to their joy and relieve their burden? Passages: Eze 34: 2-5, Heb 13: 7-17, 1Cor 4: 16, 11: 1, Phil 3: 17, 2Thes...
Jan 16, 2022•47 min•Ep. 201
Date: 09.01.2021 Pastor Trish Broadbent shares the message, "Hard Journeys". Today we commission Trish as she steps into her new role as Head of Primary School at Carmichael College. We pray you too, are blessed and encouraged as Trish shares with us. On a personal note, thank you Trish, for all you have done and I pray great blessings on all you are yet to do. Thank you to the "Pastor for Everything". Passages: Ps 40, Ps 39: 7, Ps 130: 5, Ps 42: 1-2, Ps 69: 1-2, Is 43: 2, Heb 10: 8-10, 1Peter 1...
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 200
Date: 09.01.2021 Pastor Trish Broadbent shares the message, "Hard Journeys". Today we commission Trish as she steps into her new role as Head of Primary School at Carmichael College. We pray you too, are blessed and encouraged as Trish shares with us. On a personal note, thank you Trish, for all you have done and I pray great blessings on all you are yet to do. Thank you to the "Pastor for Everything". Passages: Ps 40, Ps 39: 7, Ps 130: 5, Ps 42: 1-2, Ps 69: 1-2, Is 43: 2, Heb 10: 8-10, 1Peter 1...
Jan 09, 2022•50 min•Ep. 199
Date: 12.12.2021 Mark Westhuyzen from Queensland Baptists shares the message from our new Christmas series, "This is Love" with "Preoccupied" Is there something you lose all the time? It could even be time. What is your distraction? What is Jesus’ distraction? What is His harvest, His work? Will you open your eyes and see the harvest? Passages: John 4: 27-34, John 17: 4, Deut 8: 3, John 4: 34-38 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.a...
Dec 13, 2021•44 min•Ep. 198
Date: 12.12.2021 Rev Neil Bernard shares the message of "Faithfulness" Sometimes we rely on something but it doesn't come through for whatever reason. You might feel abandoned. Who can you really say is faithful? Even though we may hunger, yet God can still come through. What can happen when we are unfaithful? How can we show our faithfulness? Passages: Ps 89: 1-2, 5, 8, 24, Ex 16: 13-27, 1Sam 10, 1Sam 9, 1Sam 11, 1Sam 13, 1Sam 15, 1Sam 28: 15, Rev 19, Heb 2: 17, 2Tim 2: 13, 1John 1: 9, 1Thes 5:...
Dec 13, 2021•41 min•Ep. 197
Date: 05.12.2021 Pastor Jodi Traves shares the message from our new Christmas series, "This is Love" with "The Shepherd King Comes" We hear the story of Christmas, of our Saviour's birth. Who were the shepherds? What does this story mean to you? Why did God choose the shepherds to share the news? How are we to receive this King? What does a shepherd do for his flock? What does the Shepherd King do for His flock? Passages: Luke 2: 1-20, Eze 34: 7-8, 11-12, John 10: 11, Micah 5: 2-5, John 1: 29, 1...
Dec 05, 2021•45 min•Ep. 196
Date: 28.11.2021 Pastor Tyrone Thomas shares the message from our new Christmas series, "This is Love" as we look at a "Humble Heart" What is Mary's perspective of the Christmas story? What happens if you know the outcome? How about if you are living it, in the unknown? Mary had a great trust in God. How would you react in Mary's situation? Will you take one step at a time? Just as Mary did. Remember the promise of God and who He is. Passages: Luke 1: 26-38, 45, 48, Matt 6: 34, Luke 2: 18, Luke ...
Nov 29, 2021•37 min•Ep. 195
Date: 28.11.2021 Pastor Andrew Carnell shares today's message from our new series "This is Love" and we hear that "Love has a Cost" Paul, Ali & family share of their mission life. How can we support them? Andrew shares a Real story. It is Reliable. It is Revelation. Don't hide, come. He is ready for you. You are invited. There is a Response. He has paid the cost. Passages: Luke 2: 1-7, Micah 5: 2, Luke 2: 8-14, 2Cor 8: 9, Phil 2: 6-8, Mark 10: 43-45, Luke 2: 15-20 Please send prayer requests...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 194
Date: 21.11.2021 As we celebrate our Thanksgiving Sunday, Pastor Travis Grainger shares a message of "An Act of Kindness" We share communion during Worship. What does it mean to give thanks? Why is it so significant? What if is it God centred? Thanksgiving becomes act of Worship. What if it is self-centred? We need to remember the new acts of God. Remember His sacrifice! Passages: Col 3: 12-17, Col 1: 12-14, 1Cor 15: 56-57, Ex 13: 9, Col 2: 6-7, Ps 141: 2 Please send prayer requests to prayer@br...
Nov 21, 2021•44 min•Ep. 193
Date: 21.11.2021 As we celebrate Thanksgiving Sunday, Pastor Nathan Harris concludes our 'Jeremiah: Hope for the Future' with 'Our ULTIMATE HOPE IN JESUS' We have gone through a challenging season, yet we still have so much to be thankful for. There can be a deeper meaning in many stories. What do they really represent? Where does Jeremiah point us to? What are the similarities of Jeremiah and Jesus? Where does the evidence lead us? How do we find the new righteousness? Passages: Jer 23: 1-6, 31...
Nov 21, 2021•45 min•Ep. 192
Date: 14.11.2021 Pastor Jason Elsmore brings today's message, "Astonished". Jason is director of the QB movement and senior pastor at Gateway Baptist. When was the last time you were truly astonished? There are so many things that can astonish us. Are you astonished by Jesus? What happens when you have power and authority? Do you have astonishing faith? Can you astonish Jesus? You can! Passages: Is 6, Matt 7: 28-29, 8: 27, Mark 2: 12, Matt 9: 33, Matt 8: 5-10, Mark 6: 3-6 Please send prayer requ...
Nov 14, 2021•54 min•Ep. 190
Date: 10.11.2021 At our last “inspire” service Pastor Billy and Luke share of being a “True Fella” We share in the baptism of Tony. How can out perspectives change? Who can do the change? What is the weapon? What is the only way? Passage: Rom 12: 10 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please email hello@bridgeman.org.au If you would like to give at Bridgeman Baptist Community ...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 189
Date: 07.11.2021 Pastor David Twigg continues our "Jeremiah - Hope for the Future" series with "Fulfilness in Life" God doesn't want to ruin your life. He wants us to have full lives. How can this happen? Can you walk in obedience? Are you holding on to something? Will you let go? Will you take the first step? Passages: Jer 42: 1-22 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please e...
Nov 08, 2021•47 min•Ep. 188
Date: 07.11.2021 Pastor Nathan Harris continues our "Jeremiah - Hope for the Future" series with "What are we to do?" We share communion at the end of the message. Are you a planner or Improviser? What is God's plan for you? Will you bring your needs to Him? Do you trust Him? Is God's plan different to yours? Who knows better? Will you submit? Will you follow Him? Passages: Jer 29: 11, 10: 23, Jer 42: 1-16, Prov 3: 5-6, 1 Sam 15: 2, Phil 2: 8-9 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org...
Nov 07, 2021•47 min•Ep. 187
Date: 22.08.2021 To conclude our "Whisper, hearing from God" series Pastor David Twigg chairs a panel discussion with Nathan, Peter and Jodi. He loves you. Passages: Heb 4: 12, Ps 119: 105, Acts 8: 29-31, Prov 19:20-21, Acts 13: 2, Rev 3: 7-8, Ruth 2: 3, Neh 1: 4-6, Acts 16: 9-10, Heb 1: 1-3, John 1: 1, 3: 16-17 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please email hello@bridgeman....
Nov 02, 2021•52 min•Ep. 166
Date: 31.10.2021 Pastor Jodi Traves continues our "Jeremiah - Hope for the Future" series with "An Incomprehensible God" Hard or easy? What is your choice? Did Jeremiah take the easy way? What did it cost him? We live in a broken world. What can we hold onto? What is our Christian life about? What is the key to a relationship with God? You can share your heart with God. Are you looking for the easier road? What race are running? What is God preparing you for? He is an incomprehensible God of Lov...
Nov 01, 2021•52 min•Ep. 186
Date: 31.10.2021 Pastor Peter Sweetman continues our "Jeremiah - Hope for the Future" series with "Devine Judgement" Where does God's judgement sit in today's world? There is a daily need for judgement and justice. What was happening in Israel at this time of Jeremiah's time? What does Jeremiah do? We need to remember that God loves us. What does He want for us? Passages: John 9, Jer 32: 28-35, 6-10, 13-15, Jer 31: 20, Jer 32: 17-23, 25-28, 42-44, Jer 31: 31-34, Heb 9: 14-15, Ex 32: 27 Please se...
Nov 01, 2021•49 min•Ep. 185
Date: 27.10.2021 We are inspired to receive some "Love from Cambodia" as Ali Hodges shares “The Wounded Healer”. We are all blessed to be part of a faithful community. What are they doing there? Who are Alongsiders? Some things are hard to imagine. There is a real spiritual battle. What did Jesus do with those with Him? Where does Jesus meet people? He comes alongside. How can God use your woundedness? Passages: Luke 24: 13-32, Ps 23 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on o...
Oct 27, 2021•54 min•Ep. 184
Date: 24.10.2021 Rev Dr John Sweetman brings the message on Grandparents Day, "A Biblical Take On Family Life" What does the book of Luke say about family and children? How do they interact? What was the family culture in biblical times? What does God want of us? Why? Passages: Luke 14: 26, 2Cor 4: 18, Eph 6: 2-3, Duet 6: 6-7 Please send prayer requests to prayer@bridgeman.org.au or on our website: https://www.bridgeman.org.au/prayer/ To contact Bridgeman Baptist Community Church please email he...
Oct 24, 2021•50 min•Ep. 183
