The Bridgeway Podcast
Conversations about fulfilling the church's mission in our city and yours
About the show
Like most churches, Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City is seeking to fulfill the mission of Jesus in its own local context. Listen in on weekly conversations as Author, Poet, and Artist in Residence, David Bowden, sits down with a member of the Bridgeway staff for conversations about different areas of church ministry. You'll hear regularly from Lead Pastor, Author, and Theologian, Sam Storms, as well as the rest of our gospel-centered staff. We will touch on topics related to preaching, teens, worship, missions, children's ministry, reaching college students, engaging culture, and more.
For more information about Bridgeway Church visit: http://www.bridgewaychurch.com
To learn more about Lead Pastor Sam Storms visit: http://www.samstorms.com
And for more on Host David Bowden visit: http://www.spokengospel.com
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Episode List
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Episode 29: Courageous Reading - Sam Storms
April 18th, 2019 | 46 mins 38 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
What would it look like to read our Bibles courageously? Why should Christians be reading the Bible at all? How would a commitment to courageous faith change the way we read the bible? What role does faith play in reading the bible? How have we failed to read the bible with faith and courage?
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Courageous Faith - Sam Storms
April 11th, 2019 | 47 mins
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
Faith is a term regularly used by Christians. When we talk about having faith, or believing, what do we mean? Often times, we hear phrases like, “Step out in faith.” This seems to blend belief and action. How do those go together? What would courageous faith look like?
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Core Values: Gospel Joy - Sam Storms
April 4th, 2019 | 45 mins
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How does the gospel shape our core value of joy as a church? How should we define or understand joy? Is biblical joy different from how many people understand joy? If so, how? What is the relationship between the Gospel and our joy?
This month we are exploring how the center of our spiritual formation - the Gospel of Jesus Christ - informs, inspires, and enacts our five core values (love, worship, honor, courage, and joy) as a spiritual family.
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Episode 26: Core Values: Gospel Courage - Matt Palmer and Andy Edwards
March 28th, 2019 | 46 mins 17 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How does the gospel shape our core value of courage as a church? What do we mean when we talk about courage as a value? What is distinctive about the Christian Gospel that leads us to value courage? How does Gospel courage look different from the world’s courage? How does the Gospel make us courageous? What is the goal or aim of being courageous?
This month we are exploring how the center of our spiritual formation - the Gospel of Jesus Christ - informs, inspires, and enacts our five core values (love, worship, honor, courage, and joy) as a spiritual family.
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Episode 25: Core Values: Gospel Honor - Kelcy White
March 21st, 2019 | 42 mins 16 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How does the gospel shape our core value of honor as a church? What do we mean when we talk about honor? What does honor look like internally toward one another and externally toward our community? In what ways does the Gospel lead us to the value of honor? In what ways does the Gospel shape what honor looks like?
This month we are exploring how the center of our spiritual formation - the Gospel of Jesus Christ - informs, inspires, and enacts our five core values (love, worship, honor, courage, and joy) as a spiritual family.
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Episode 24: Core Values: Gospel Worship: Krista Meyer and Tyler Hayes
March 14th, 2019 | 43 mins 4 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How does the gospel shape our core value of worship as a church? How should we define worship? How does the Gospel lead us to worship? How does the Gospel populate the content of our worship?
This month we are exploring how the center of our spiritual formation - the Gospel of Jesus Christ - informs, inspires, and enacts our five core values (love, worship, honor, courage, and joy) as a spiritual family.
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Episode 23: Core Values: Gospel Love - Sam Storms
March 7th, 2019 | 42 mins 48 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How does the gospel shape our core value of love as a church? What makes Gospel love different from the world’s definition of love? What does loving one another mean in the context of our spiritual family at Bridgeway? How does the Gospel inform how we love one another and our community?
This month we are exploring how the center of our spiritual formation - the Gospel of Jesus Christ - informs, inspires, and enacts our five core values (love, worship, honor, courage, and joy) as a spiritual family.
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Episode 22: Church Governance - Sam Storms
October 18th, 2018 | 46 mins 6 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
Why does the church need governance? If it does, what type should it have? How does the Gospel educate and shape the way in which our churches are governed? Sam Storms and David Bowden discuss all this and more in this week's episode.
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Episode 21: Gospel-Centered Church - Sam Storms
October 4th, 2018 | 43 mins 28 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
What is a Gospel-centered church? How does the Gospel shape a local body of Christ? How does the Gospel effect the way govern, teach, correct, and encourage believers in our congregations? Sam Storms answers these questions and more in this week's episode.
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Episode 20: Why We Need the Local Church - Sam Storms
September 6th, 2018 | 42 mins 10 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
What is the local church? Can there be such a thing as a lone ranger Christian? Do we really need to be a part of an actual, established, physical congregation? Is a house church a real church? Is a community group a church? In this important episode, Sam Storms seeks to answer these questions and more in a conversation with, host, David Bowden.
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Episode 19: Sharing The Gospel with Your Story - Andy Edwards
August 23rd, 2018 | 50 mins 36 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How can your story help tell the Gospel story? How does sharing your testimony help share the Good News? What is the biblical basis for using your story in evangelism? Andy Edwards and David Bowden sit down to answer these questions and more.
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Episode 18: How to Engage Culture with Your Kids - Seth Stewart
August 16th, 2018 | 44 mins 49 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How can we engage culture with our kids as Christians? Are we supposed to insulate ourselves? Should we embrace culture wholesale? How does the Gospel train us to redeem culture and equip us to engage our kids at the same time? Seth Stewart sits down with David Bowden to address these issues and more. Also in this episode, you will hear the introduction to a new podcast from David Bowden and Seth Stewart called Spoken Gospel.
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Episode 17: Gospel-Centered Discipleship - Matt Palmer
August 9th, 2018 | 38 mins 11 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
What is a disciple? How does the Gospel move us deeper into being followers of Jesus? How do we balance Gospel proclamation to our neighbors with Gospel care for our neighbors? What is the chief end of discipleship for a Christian? All these questions and more are discussed and answered in a conversation between David Bowden and, Executive Pastor, Matt Palmer.
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Episode 16: Arts Symposium Special: What is Beauty? - Sam Storms
August 2nd, 2018 | 46 mins 27 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
This special episode is a rebroadcast of an arts symposium event we hosted at Bridgeway. In this second of two special features, Sam Storms makes ten observations about the nature of beauty within the Christian worldview.
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Episode 15: Arts Symposium Special: For Glory and Beauty - David Bowden
July 26th, 2018 | 45 mins 31 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
This special episode is a rebroadcast of an arts symposium event we hosted at Bridgeway. In this first of two special features, David Bowden gives a lesson on the beauty of the tabernacle and why art is important to God.
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Episode 14: Introducing Your Children to the Holy Spirit - Krista Meyer
July 19th, 2018 | 40 mins 18 secs
bible, children's ministry, christian, christianity, church, college, david bowden, expositional, god, gospel, gospel-centered, jesus, local, ministry, missions, oklahoma city, preaching, sam storms, teens, youth, youth ministry
How can we introduce our children to the person of the Spirit, the voice of God, and even practicing the gifts? At what age should we begin to teach our kids about the gifts of the Spirit? How should we think about the Holy Spirit and our kids before they are converted? Children's Director, Krista Meyer, answers these questions and more.