Bay Ridge Christian Church

Scripture reminds us that “it is not good for man to be alone.” but in a world that often celebrates independence Paul offers us a different picture—one of deep connection.. In 1 Corinthians 12, he gives us a vivid image of what life in the Body of Christ looks like when we are united by the Holy Spirit: not isolated parts doing their own thing, but a living, breathing community where every member matters. Genesis 2:18; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 For more resources on this teaching please visit https://brcc.church/teachings/rooted-connect-with-others/

Christians love God because they are rooted in God's grace which proceeds from God's love. One of the highest expressions of Christian understanding is that we gather to worship the God who is Love and made us for love. Colossians 2:6-7, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 For more resources on this teaching please visit https://brcc.church/teachings/rooted-in-love-why-we-gather/

Christians are rooted in Christ through the gospel to flourish in their Christian life. Text: Colossians 2:6-7, 2 Timothy 2:1-2 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://brcc.church/teachings/rooted-in-the-gospel-of-grace/

The end of the story isn't chaos, but Christ -- and in Him, we have a sure and glorious hope. Revelation 21:1-8 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://brcc.church/teachings/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-hope-it/

Elders are men with godly character who put the faith into practice at home and in public, who understand the faith and are able to encourage believers in the truth and correct error. Titus 1:5-9; 1 Timothy 3:1-7 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://brcc.church/teachings/the-requirements-for-an-elder/

Elders are called to oversee and shepherd the flock by feeding, protecting, leading, and equipping it to follow Jesus and serve God. 1 Peter 5:1-4 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-role-of-elders

Elders are a group of men called by God to shepherd the local church together. Titus 1:5 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/elders-the-pastoral-leadership-team

Question 39 - What is adoption? Adoption is the gracious act of God in which He makes us members of His family with all of the rights, privileges, and inheritance of being His child. Romans 8:15-17 For more resources, please visit https://www.brcc.church/adopted-by-god

Theme: Mark's cryptic, unusual ending to His Gospel is a call for us to overcome fear and to share the Good news of the resurrection and the message of grace and restoration, knowing that God will accomplish His work despite our wavering faithfulness. Text: Mark 16:1-8 For more resources, please visit https://www.brcc.church/He-Has-Risen

Theme: Jesus was crucified, dead, and buried - but His cross has opened the way for people of all nations to become part of God's people and come into the very Presence of God. Text: Mark 15:20-47 For more resources, please visit https://www.brcc.church/crucified-dead-and-buried

Theme: Jesus faithfully endured scourging and scorn, strengthened by His understanding that these sufferings fulfilled the prophetic Scriptures and were according to God's will. Text: Mark 15:15-32 For more resources, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-scourge-the-scorn-and-the-scripture

Theme: Jesus, the Servant of the Lord, suffered and died in payment for our sins, but through that very suffering and the resurrection He was victorious to bring us salvation Text: Mark 15:15; Isaiah 52:13-53:12 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/Understanding-the-Cross-The-Suffering-Servant

Theme: Pilate, the religious leaders, and the crowd worked together to wrongfully crucify Jesus in the place of a wicked man. This act mirrors the Gospel - we are freed from the punishment we deserve because Christ willingly takes our place. Text: Mark 15:1-15 For more resources, please visit https://www.brcc.church/Jesus-On-Trial-Pilate

While Jesus stands resolute and fearless in His trial, Peter crumbles under fear, denying Jesus just as Jesus had prophesied would happen. Yet, he was later restored by Jesus to a life of faithfulness. Mark 14:53-72 For more resources, please visit https://www.brcc.church/Peter-On-Trial

Facing a hostile mockery of a trial, Jesus stands resolute and fearless, declaring His Divine identity as the Messiah, Son of God, Suffering Servant, and Son of Man Mark 14:53-65 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/jesus-on-trial-the-sanhedrin

Spiritual health and growth require practicing spiritual rhythms – periodic seasons of stripping away some things to give greater focus to seeking God through prayer. Luke 4:1-2, 14 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/spring-training

In the garden of Gethsemane, the disciples did not remain alert and pray, thus sealing their failure in the hour of temptation and testing. Mark 14:27-52 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-garden-of-temptation-and-testing-part-1

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was tempted to turn away from drinking the cup of wrath of God, but in His deep anguish He drew close to His Father and victoriously embraced His will. Mark 14:27-42 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-garden-of-temptation-and-testing-part-1

Jesus commanded His followers to remember Him by celebrating the Lord's Supper, and the church has done this regularly since its earliest days because God vitally works through the Supper to teach, nourish, and strengthen His people. Mark 14:22-26; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/from-the-last-supper-to-the-lords-supper

On the night He was betrayed, Jesus announced the beginning of the New Covenant as He celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples. Mark 14:17-31 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-last-supper

On the night He was betrayed, Jesus celebrated the last Passover with His disciples, for in His sacrificial death He fulfilled Passover by delivering and redeeming His people. Mark 14:12-26 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-last-passover

In the midst of deep betrayal by the priests and Judas, a woman displays true devotion and worship, sacrificing a costly gift to anoint Jesus in spite of the indignant reaction of others. Mark 14:1-11 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/true-devotion-deep-betrayal

Jesus calls believers to be alert as we await His final return, not by looking for supposed signs but rather by maintaining a vibrant relationship with Him and His people. Mark 13:32-37 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/be-alert

With Faith in Christ, we can persevere through any trial. Christ is our foundation to have patience, endurance, and steadfastness. James 1:2-18 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/persevering-through-trials

We must press on to grow in our salvation because Jesus has made us His own; we strive for this because it is our duty and our greatest pleasure. Philippians 3:12-16 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/pressing-on-towards-the-goal

Simeon is a model of our journey through Advent as he waits, is led by the Spirit, receives Jesus, and then finds true freedom and unshakeable peace, knowing that to have Jesus is to have everything. Luke 2:25-32 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/simeons-song-of-freedom-nunc-dimittis

The song of the angelic choir announced that Christ had come to bring glory to God and peace to the people of Earth. Luke 2:8-14 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/teachings/the-angels-song-of-glory-and-peace-gloria-et-pax

After a season of silence and deep meditation, Zechariah erupted is a song of praise for God's saving work, which had been prophetically promised, and was now coming to fulfillment with the birth of John who would prepare the way for Jesus the Messiah Who would save God's people. Luke 1:67-79 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/zechariahs-song-of-prophetic-praise-benedictus

Worship is focused on God and His Gospel, is formed and filled by the Word of God, and arises from personally experiencing God's faithfulness to His people through the ages. Luke 1:46-55 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/teachings/marys-song-of-exaltation-magnificat/

Those who delight in the supremacy of Jesus will believe the Word of God and receive the joy of God's deepest, richest blessing. Luke 1:39-45 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/elizabeths-song-of-joyful-blessing-beatitude

God created us with a need for rest, which the curse and our culture have magnified, and we should use Thanksgiving as a chance to receive God's gift of rest. Genesis 1:31-2:3 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/thanksgiving-rest

Judgement is real, judgement is satisfying, and judgement is elevating. Jesus as the judge is a delight. Matthew 25:31-46 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-satisfaction-of-judgement

Question 38: What is justification? Justification is the gracious act of God in which He declares that we are totally righteous, as if we had never sinned and as if we had positively obeyed all of God's law perfectly. 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 8:33 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/what-is-justification

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 8th and final episode, Bret discusses other resources to help you study Mark 13 further. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://www.brcc.church/teachings/resources/After%20Hours%20Episode%20328%20-%20Audio%20Special%208%20-%20Resources%20To%20Study%20Mark%2013%20and%20the%20Olivet%20Discourse.pdf

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 7th episode, Bret discusses verses 32-37. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://www.brcc.church/teachings/resources/After%20Hours%20Episode%20327%20-%20Audio%20Special%207%20-%20Mark%2013%2C%20verses%2032-37.pdf

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 6th episode, Bret discusses verses 28-31. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://brcc.church/teachings/resources/After%20Hours%20Episode%20326%20-%20Audio%20Special%206%20-%20verses%2028-31.pdf

Christians are citizens their country, but their primary citizenship is in heaven and this primary citizenship determines how they live as citizens of the country of their earthly life. 1 Peter 2:9-12 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/living-as-dual-citizens

We start to follow what Jesus requires of us. To give up worldly success to purse eternal significance. Luke 5:1-11 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/leaving-success-for-significance

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 5th episode, Bret discusses verses 26-27. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://wwww.brcc.church/teachings/resources/After%20Hours%20Audio%20Special%20Episode%20324%20-%20verses%2026-27.pdf

Jesus prophesied that with the destruction of the Temple and the end of the Old Covenant era the Gospel would go to all nations, gathering people from every nation into God's people. Mark 13:1-4, 26-27, 30-31 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-new-covenant-people-of-god

Jesus emphasizes the greatest commandments: to love God and to love our neighbors. Genuine love always involves sacrifice, mirroring Christ's ultimate act of laying down His life for us. Matthew 22:34-40; John 15:13 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/greater-love-has-no-one

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 4th episode, Bret discusses verses 24-26. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://wwww.brcc.church/teachings/resources/After%20Hours%20Audio%20Special%20Episode%20323%20-%20verses%2024-26.pdf

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 3rd episode, Bret discusses verses 14-23. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://www.brcc.church/teachings/resources/After%20Hours%20Audio%20Special%20Episode%20322%20-%20verses%2014-23.pdf

Jesus prophesied that the Temple would be destroyed and the Old Covenant would end, for in the New Covenant the people of God are God's Temple. Mark 13:1-4; 24-25 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-new-covenant-temple

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 2nd episode, Bret discusses verses 5-13. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Episode Outline: https://www.brcc.church/teachings/resources/241004%20-%20After%20Hours%20Episode%20321%20-%20verses%205-13.pdf

This After Hours Audio Special is a mini-series on Mark 13, one of the most misunderstood passages of scripture. In this 1st episode, Bret gives an introduction to the mini-series and will discuss verses 1-4 of the chapter. These After Hours Specials will be available on both our teaching podcast as well as our After Hours Podcast due to their special nature. Outline: https://www.brcc.church/teachings/resources/241001%20-%20After%20Hours%20-%20Intro%20and%20verses%201-4.pdf

In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus prophesied that the temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed during the lifetime of the generation then alive, and this was fulfilled in 70 AD, proving the authority and truth of Jesus' Word. Mark 13 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/countdown-to-destruction

Move out into the unknown to be a blessing Genesis 11:27-12:3 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-missionary-heart-of-god

Jesus pronounced final judgment upon the leaders and people of Israel for the willful, persistent refusal to receive God's messengers, culminating in their rejection of Him as their Messianic King. Matthew 23 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/extended-cut-israels-judgment-day

Jesus condemned the scribes who looked outwardly impressive but were inwardly far from God, but He praised a poor widow whose tiny offering flowed from a heart of true faith and love for God. Mark 12:38-44 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/more-than-meets-the-eye

Jesus calls everyone to embrace the true identity and authority of Messiah – the Son of God! Mark 12:35-37 For more resources on this teaching, please visit https://www.brcc.church/the-messiahs-divine-authority