Reader: Joanna Black

Speaker: Randy Orban

Do our prayers really change us?  When we pray for people, does it really make a difference?  In this message, Randy addresses these questions through the sharing of personal testimony, looking at the truth found in God’s word, and by seeing the evidence of change in the lives of others.

Reader: Randy Orban

Speaker: Wayne Cox

There are sweeping promises in the Bible about God responding to our requests; and yet many of us are holding on to the hurt and disillusionment of unanswered prayer.  In this message, Wayne offers eight possible reasons for unanswered prayer, explores the “logic” of unanswered prayer, and draws encouragement from the examples of unanswered prayer in the Bible.

Reader: Craig Catlett

Speaker: Wayne Cox

In any discussion of prayer, we must start here:  Why Pray?  If God is all-knowing, what difference could our prayers really make?  If we never really settle on an answer to this question, we run the risk of skimming through life, never going deep in our faith-journey.  We may just give up on prayer.  We may pray – but it’s likely to be out of some sense of obligation or fulfilling expectations – but it won’t be from a pure heart if we don’t wrestle with this question.

Speaker: Wayne Cox

Jesus teaches about prayer in Luke 11:1-13. He seems much more interested in invitation, rather than explanation when it comes to talking to God.

Speaker: David Holdcraft from Reasons Ministries

Speaker: David Holdcraft

David Holdcraft, from Reasons Ministries, teaches from 1 Peter 3:8-16. To be ready to give reasons for what we believe and why we believe is the duty of every Christ-follower.

Randy and Marcia Orban share their heart and tell us how God’s been leading them to initiate a more intentional life of prayer at The Bridge.

Reader: Joan Clagett

Speaker: Wayne Cox

“There is something which makes Christianity more than a religion, more than an ethic, and more than the idle dream of sentimental idealist. It is this something which makes it relevant to each one of us right now as a contemporary experience. It is the fact that Christ Himself is the very life content of the Christian faith. It is he who makes it ‘tick.’”

This quote from Major Ian Thomas is the starting point for this message on Galatians 2:15-21. Wayne explores the truth of Jesus Christ living in and through the believer.

Reader: James Foster

Speaker: Wayne Cox

Who is the miracle in Luke 7:11-17 for? A strange question, perhaps, given that a man who was dead is alive again. And yet, the way Luke tells the story, it seems Jesus’ compassion is focused on the widowed mother. This is a fascinating episode that reveals a lot about how, when, and where God’s glory shows up!

Reader: Joanna Black

Speaker: Wayne Cox

What does it mean that a first century Jewish carpenter sits at the right hand of God?  This is a question loaded with potential riches if we’ll take time to really consider the ascension of Jesus Christ!

During this message, we played a clip from Darrell Johnson’s video interview, produced by The Work of the People (theworkofthepeople.com).  You can watch the clip below.