Simplicity of Stuff

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Part 5 of the series "Simplicity" as part of Practicing The Way. After laying the groundwork for the practice of simplicity, we tackle materialism head on. A truth that cuts across the human condition is: the more you get, the more you want. Many of us live in a kind of captivity to the desire for more. How do we break free? In this teaching we examine 1 Timothy 6 and explore two practices from the way of Jesus that both fall under the rubric of simplicity: 1. Limit how much you own, and 2. Practice generosity. A life of freedom is waiting for us in the kingdom of God.

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0:00.0	Amen.
0:07.3	Amen.
0:10.2	Hey, everybody.
0:11.9	Please turn your Bibles to 1 Timothy chapter 6 as we step back into our practice on simplicity.
0:18.9	We continue as a church to lament the open wound of systemic racism in our city and our nation.
0:26.3	And we pledge on behalf of our leaders to continue the conversation that we have started
0:31.7	over the last few weeks.
0:33.4	We're working hard right now to schedule our first race and justice lecture series.
0:38.2	We've invited our first guest.
0:39.8	And as you can imagine, it's a bit tricky to schedule anything right now with COVID-19,
0:44.0	whether it is in person or digital, we're still working that out, but stay tuned.
0:48.4	What matters most is what we say and do three months from now or six months from now or
0:53.8	a year from now.
0:55.2	We are in it over the long haul.
0:57.7	That said, the through line for our church is practicing the way of Jesus together in
1:02.4	Portland.
1:03.5	Our generation, at least mine, is not used to a very high level of social unrest.
1:09.2	It's nothing new in our nation's history or in church history, but many of us are not
1:13.7	used to following Jesus through a time like the one we're in.
1:18.9	Our aim is to respond to our historic moment, but not to react.
1:23.6	And just to keep our focus on, we apprentice under Jesus, be with Jesus, become like Jesus,
1:29.6	and do what he would do if he were us, which is best we can tell is 100% fight off racism
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