We naturally talk to people about things we enjoy, making invitations easy. But when faith feels like a struggle, we’re less likely to invite others into it. So how do we keep the joy in faith so that we extend invitations to those who need them? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

The invitation to follow Jesus ultimately leads to inviting others to follow him as well. But how do we make a good invitation? What makes an invitation good? This message looks at one thing that should precede our invitations to others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

It’s amazing what a simple invitation can do. It can lead to extraordinary things. This week we’ll look at an invitation that changed someone’s life in the first century and has the power to change someone’s life today as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

While we can't predict when miracles happen, there is a posture we can take that increases the chances of God doing a supernatural work within us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Our circumstances don’t define how God feels about us. So how do we navigate those circumstance when we don’t get the miracle? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Miracles are at God’s discretion to further God’s purposes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

"A landscape is never properly settled until it is named and given stories". Welcome back listeners for a bumper episode in which returning guest, John Billingsley, and Gill take a long ramble over the epic topic of Moorland...

The miracle of the universe is the foundation of our faith in God, but a different miracle is the foundation of our faith in Jesus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Serving people with different lived experiences is one of the primary things God uses to fine-tune our worldview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

We live in a world where we believe we can handle anything—until we can’t. And it’s often in those moments we begin to wonder: "Who can I truly depend on? Who will walk with me through life? Am I alone?" The answers to those questions are the reason we believe Jesus is worth following. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Life is filled with unexpected moments that surprise us, evoke fear, and lead us to wonder, Is God worth following? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Have you ever heard someone say, “Follow Jesus and everything will be great.” It sounds good, but it’s not exactly true. This week we’ll look at how God leads us to what we need, even though it may not look like it to begin with. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Since 2007, our Be Rich campaign has been making the world an even better place. After all, devotion to God is best demonstrated and authenticated through love for others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

We must take responsibility for the me nobody can see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Our choices today will leave our loved ones with one of two things in the future: a burden or a blessing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Sometimes we have to go back to move forward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Your irresponsibility will eventually become somebody else's responsibility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

We are far more likely to develop meaningful faith when people of faith surround us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Author, Paul Weatherhead, makes a welcome return to the podcast. In this episode he sheds light on the historical legends, ghouls, hoaxes and headless phantoms that have beset the Calder Valley, and now haunt the pages of his popular book, 'Weird Calderdale'...

Have you seen anyone lately who seems to have it better than you? A better job, car, or life? It can be easy to size up our lives by what we see in somebody else’s, but it’s a lose/lose game every time. In this message, we look at the remedy for the comparison game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

There is no shortage of blame being tossed around these days. From the traffic to the economy, everyone seems to quickly know who’s at fault. Unfortunately, when we play the blame game we miss out on a better way of life modeled to us through Jesus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Most estimates say that humans speak about 16,000 words a day. While some words we speak have little to no effect, there are games we play with our words that can have a big impact—and not in the way we desire. In this message we explore how to avoid playing these word games and how to make the most—and best—of our conversations. See omnystudio.com…

A game that requires a loser is a game nobody wins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

We can disagree culturally and politically, and still love unconditionally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Following the script of Jesus doesn’t mean all men will be the same. But it does mean we’ll be better men. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Somebody may have defined masculinity for you, but how will you define it for yourself? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

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What could our world look like if we chose restoration instead of condemnation? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

In this episode we chat with Sarah Browning, a member of the Friends of Christ Church Todmorden community group, about the history of Christ Church and their valiant work in uncovering and preserving forgotten graves. Brambles, knot-weed, grave robbers and a trick cyclist are up for discussion...

We believe following Jesus makes your life better and makes you better at life, and we want our local church to inspire people to follow him. In this message, Andy Stanley talks about how and why we do church the way we do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

It’s tough to be a faithful follower of Jesus under normal circumstances, and nearly impossible when someone around you has given you a big reason not to be. But help is available to us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

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What does kindness look like, act like, and react like? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Patience is the courage to wait, inspired by faith that God is going to move. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Jesus never said life would be easy, but he did promise us a path that leads to peace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Our world could use a little joy. Everyone pursues it in their own way, but there is still something lacking. On the last night before his death, Jesus introduced a different way to experience joy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

The Holy Spirit was given to us not so we could be more spiritual, but so we could become more mature. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Thornton village, the birthplace of the Brontës, is often overlooked with regard to its cultural and historical significance. In this episode, we chat to local historian, Steve Stanworth, about how the family came to be living in Thornton, and the Brontë Birthplace Campaign's mission to preserve and celebrate this important part of history. https:/…

Despite Jesus predicting it multiple times, eyewitnesses were shocked to learn God had raised Jesus from the dead. And what God did for Jesus, he can do for you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

It’s easy to believe the greatest enemy of the church comes from outside the church. Unfortunately, the church’s greatest threat is right in the middle of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

The message of the church is a message for the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Early Christians were bold, confident, and courageous. How we pray is an indicator if we’ve strayed from that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Provide for the next generation what you wish the previous generation had provided for you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

When the church first began, a natural question surfaced right away: What shall we do? The answer had to do more with understanding who your faith was in more than what needed to be done. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Being part of a local gathering of Jesus followers means you are part of something big. It’s up to each generation to determine what Christianity looks like, sounds like, and reacts like. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

There’s no shortage of desire in our lives. Most are innocent. Some are even good and noble. Others can stop us from living out God’s best. In this message, you'll learn what to do with the desires that are stopping you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

Our brains have an amazing ability to create a narrative around things in our lives. Unfortunately, when that narrative is untrue it causes us to be in denial. And denial will always deny us of something. In this message, we’ll try and stop denial before it stops us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

It's 2024 and Sarah and Gill are back with another episode! Join them as they explore the curious history of The Running Man of Halifax, and the infamous Halifax Gibbet... (Note: we will be discussing execution by decapitation)

We believe following Jesus makes your life better and makes you better at life, and we want our local church to inspire people to follow him. In this message, Andy Stanley talks about how and why we do church the way we do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church

In all its subtle forms, greed has the potential to rob your life. But the secret to living a meaning-filled life is found across the border from what’s in it for me. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Browns Bridge Church