Today At The Bridge

The Bridge Church is doing a series titled "Life Hacks" about how to make life easier using Scriptural truth. So, the guys decided to join in the fun. In this episode, they talk about why the series was created, the creative nature of God, some hacks for making life easier in general, and spent longer than you would think talking about a series of Disney Channel Original Movies.

You know those times when you go to have a conversation with some friends about how the church should interact with Halloween and spooky material in relation to how those ideas can be used to reach a community and show Christ love to them, but before that happens you have a 20-minute discussion about Flag Day and the church. Yeah, this is one of those times.

The Old Testament makes up the majority of the text in the Bible, yet it is often overlooked. This week Zach, Tim, and Josh try to rectify that by discussing what the Old Testament is and what our relationship is with it. We also made some pit stops for forcing a correlation between the sections of the Bible and the Marvel Cinematic Universe...but at this point, we think that is to be expected.

What do bathrooms, internet cable, and the brokenness of the human condition have to do with each other? This week on "Today at The Bridge" we discuss the idea of original sin and try our dead level best to explore what the Bible and scholars have to say about the human condition and the world we are born into. And since it is our show there is also an inordinate amount of analogies. What can we say, correlations just happen to be our strong suit.

One of Josh's wish list topics to cover this season was the idea of ordination. So, Tim and Zach obliged him and had an entire conversation about some of the background of ordination from the Scripture, church history, and their own personal experience. Also, someone on the podcast is officially ordained already from an online ordination service...you'll have to listen to find out who that is.

If there is one thing that we love doing at Today at The Bridge it is definitely taking an idea or thing and then trying to find as many correlations as we can to our faith. If you liked it when we did this with the Zelda franchise last season, then we think you will like this one too. Also, this episode is slightly shorter than usual... but it should still take about the same amount of time as cooking a Digiorno pizza (including oven preheating time)

Today at The Bridge is back for Season 2, like a freshly folded clothes drawer...we don't know what that means. To kick off our season Zach, Tim, Josh, and Colin talk about some common verses that are used out of context and then try to put them back into context using good old fashioned hermeneutics. Though we feel you should be warned there is a fair amount of conversation about Nicolas Cage in this episode... sorry about that.

It's the Today at The Bridge season finale and Zach, Tim, and Josh are talking about the weird things that people have tried to "Christianize" in the past. We hope you enjoy it and can't wait to share more conversations like this in season 2. Be on the lookout for some special bonus episodes throughout the summer. Also along the way of this conversation, we may have also hit on these points: Christian Marvel Cinematic Universe "Who’s making the best soap?" "Live doves? Probably/ Dead doves? Definitely" Express Communion "Did we break something?" Pre Pre Wine Vacation mode A Bibleman Review "Maybe is worse than fear and the Baroness" Giggles McGee and Me "I don’t know how to fix Bibleman, cause he’s not broken" “I don’t have DirecTV, and I’m not a Scientologist” "What’s my deductible for enjoyment?" A detailed discussion of “Christian Survivor and Amazing Race” “Basically what I’m saying is that Christian culture is Canada” CASCARNS Pastor Who How does the rapture impact time travel?

The guys (minus one) talk about giving. Is there a mandate we should follow about giving? How should the church be responsible for those gifts? Along the way, we also got into: Ladybug killer “Were you able to slip and slide at the same time?” This is just Tim’s therapy The fourth trimester… I guess that’s just a mester? Food will come to you via car Is there a mandate for non-Christians to give? There’s no exchange rate from the US dollar to the heavenly kingdom. Where is the line of able? Tithe pressure We are not a Patreon account to the Gospel Do we tithe on Time? Sending a kid to camp on couch change Mine wife The promise of love down the line The one consistent lie He merged with the Twittersphere

We couldn't get Tim in the room with us so we just had a conversation about stress instead with Zach, Josh, and Colin. Life is stressful, but there are ways we can manage it, so we discussed some of those. Along the way we also covered: “More than any episode we need your generous ears” Wouldn’t it be nice if the grass had a pause button Josh has a script The best way to relieve stress Stress bomb Tim’s a big, strong man “The grass isn’t cut and there are knives everywhere…” Impromptu Moana soundtrack Someone is named after James Madison The trick is to abandon them and keep dog treats on you at all times Train layovers are a thing Honesty helps with stress "I’m socializing my problems" Long term dad perspective Colin just looked into Zach’s soul

The guys are joined by special guest, Lead Pastor Aaron Harding, to talk about "The Bridge Church Dream". Along the way they also covered: Paul’s Journeys Cruises The Pastor Swap The Bridge Church Dream What kind of hole would we leave in the community if we didn’t exist? The church shouldn’t function as a corpse “I’ll have an idea, you do the legwork, and I’ll take the return” All of Josh’s questions are just one “Josh Brain Dump” There is no lid to God’s love It doesn’t cost us anything to love Josh makes pictograms of Paul on Cosmology Color of the dream What is the color of viscous?

It happened again...We couldn't get a new recording for this week. But, as promised, here is a throwback to our first ever interview with Aaron Harding. Hope you all enjoy it!

Tim and his wife had their baby, and we did not have all the things recorded well enough in advance to have a brand new episode this week. So, instead, enjoy this throwback to one of the first interviews in the old Today at the Bridge format that is all about the guy who just became a Papa.

We thought we were going to have a conversation about the kinds of music we listened to in high school/college, but that took a turn into the impact of music on culture and lifestyles and some music lessons from Tim. Along the way we also covered: Christian Warp Tour Newsboys had an inflatable circus tent Josh was a wee little lad “I thought Superchic[k] was Barlow Girls alter ego” A run-through of bands from Creation 2003 The ending of House Plant Song Impact of music on culture Is Boyz II Men is secretly a Beach Boys band? We just need some Beach Codgers. Is it right for music to move you? Korn descended from Cain This is “Music Theory with Tim” 76 is the absolute worst Switzerland felt left out “I’m wrong the appropriate amount of wrongness” What would MTV stand for on “Christian Cable” “Yeah, it rhymes but what does it mean” Revisiting the states of Malone Valleysong Divided

There are a lot of words that we throw around at church that may not make sense to someone hearing them for the first time. This week we try to bring some understanding to a few of those words. Along the way we also cover: Did Doctor Who go to Fight Club? Dipped back into the well of Mars Josh’s Surprise Christmas Gift Figuring it out as we go along Broadening a view of Soteriology There are problems in the world Repentance was staring at me the whole time These are the “-ations” Podcastiology Today at The Bridge is good for college credits My name is who, my name is what…Propitiation A group of honey collecting insect with a lot of sass “Does your cake bleed icing?” Microwaved chicken nuggets are just breaded disappointment Keeping’ it Triune Word Thanos Organicentrist - a definition

The guys spend some time reflecting on their time being a part of and leading youth group. Along the way these also came up: 9 seconds of silence Proximity was the word Pizza warfare “This zone is fine, but I’m judging you” I’ll do it for the vine Styles of dodgeball “Josh used Agility” You come to Youth games for the wrecks Youth group smooches are never a good idea “Boys are blue… I’m a man” Purity rings are great when applied appropriately Metaphorical Ring Deception Blessed with the inability to have the confidence to ask a girl on a date Can you smell what the church is cooking! Josh watched Zach learn while growing up Pastors in the Park Tabascoball - shooting basketball sized muskets Some slight introspection Skyzone only dodgeball Mad Max version of Youth Group

Why should Christian be involved in politics? Why shouldn’t Christians be involved in politics? What outcomes can come from either instance. These are the questions for this week’s episode and along the way we also hit on the following: My favorite Prezi Teddy Roosevelt - Not the worst “For one day in 1849, he may have been something more” Don’t give an 8year old the nuclear codes The reductionist view of personhood Looking forward to a perfect theocracy Why all elections matter People who exist that actually call their representatives What is the Christian Perspective on Net Neutrality The church can flourish outside of the government Wildly unpopular Bible Messages Your taxes will go to things you don’t agree with Daniel - He dead…. Without the miraculous work of God Lost boys are going to do what lost boys are going to do “It’s been an episode of sounds” Universal Basic Disney Access

The guys discuss what correlations can be found between the video game series "Legend of Zelda" and the ways we live our Christians lives. You are going to want to check this one out. Along the way we also get to the following: Link’s Awakening - Alarm Clock Edition Spoilers for a 26 year old game Dale Earnhardt- Divine Being of Nascar Video Games Ferris Bueller’s Day Off starring Tom Cruise The Great Cinematic Masterpiece Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo Guard your heart for Zelda…but don’t worship the deities Sneak attack time travel conversation threat Link and the Hypostatic Union Ganon - Cousin of Gandolf The fires of Mordor are just Clorox Carpentry DOES cause kidney stones Youversion interface is not friendly to the sword drill Legend of Zelda: Knight in the Bronx Side quest and the Christian Life What is the spiritual equivalent of Rupees? “They're in a rupee standard” The rupees of the Spirit Thanos just needed some hydra cows Spider-Link Theme Song

What should a pastors relationship with money look like? Is it OK for them to have nice things? All this and more this week including: Don't want to offend the mills' people The responsibility of the 13 “It’s Sports” Violent hits to the sound of P.O.D. and Spider-man Malone is a state of being The Second Testament “I’m not below giving somebody the sweet chin music” “If it’s not an icebox, it’s not for my pastor” Super fancy convertible geo metro on 24s The Full Malone BBFI XL 300 LS Baptist Best Friends Incorporated What’s the fanciest thing a pastor can have? Moleskin briefcase

We wanted to have a discussion about the idea of evangelism, and we took a very long, backward way to get to the idea of building a framework for how we should evangelize. Won't you join us on this journey, other topics include: Born in the missions trip Ding dong ditch evangelism Burning house of evangelism “Practicality is my love language” Samaria = Jersey The intertwining of practicality and justice “He is making the evangelism” “This episode has been a meringue pie” What type of pie do you think the world is? Square Everything Bagel/Bagel Charts/Bagel Object Lessons “Evangelism and pizza are both wonderfully delicious” Evangelism framework shape Word hammer Chasing a spiritual high Mountainous Micro-States