I'm going to As a church, church, we've just finished a series on the nine core practices that comprise the Bridgetown Rule of Life. And as we continue to integrate it into the shared life of our church, we wanted

to provide a resource to help explore what a rule of life actually is and how we came about

integrating one into our context at Bridgetown Church. So we've created a four-part

podcast that will expound on these two questions, providing a helpful account of where we've

been and how we hope that a shared rule of life will direct where we are headed.

As we often say around here, we believe the future of the church is ancient.

If we desire to move forward in our identity and calling as a unified community,

we need to do so having the robust foundation of a rich life with God built out of shared practice.

We believe these conversations will be a helpful resource to you as you consider what a rule

of life looks like in your context and we hope you will join us for this journey as we seek to be made into God's image together. Hey everyone. This is the second in a series of four conversations that Tyler and I are hosting about

rules of life. Our hope is that these conversations will help our church family

at Bridgetown have better understanding of what a rule of life is as we kind of seek to integrate

the Bridgown Rule of Life into our congregation.

So today I'm really excited we're having a very very special conversation

with Dr. Jerry Sitzer who is an expert and scholar in

church history and actually I was just telling him has written one of my all-time

favorite books on church history water from a a deep well, and I have I remember exactly

where I was when I read it I was on an airplane and I openly wept as I read through

this book because it was so beautiful.

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