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Throughout the month of July, Summit is rebroadcasting Prepare the Way — the series that set the theme for 2026. This year the rebroadcast comes with something new: for each week of the series, Pastor Mel, Pastor Joel, and Michael Baun sat down for an hour-long unedited conversation starting right where the sermon ends. These discussions have never been seen before and will premiere during the reb...

This week Pastor Mel preached Romans 10, picking up where guest Pastor Eran Holt left off in Romans 9. The question driving these chapters is a hard one: if God's promises are so good, why did so many in Israel miss their own Messiah? Mel answers it with a single picture — two roads to righteousness. Israel pursued being right with God by works, by keeping the law, and stumbled over the very corne...

This week Pastor Aaron Holt preached Romans 9. If you have been following along with us in the book of Romans, you know that Romans 8 ends with one of the most powerful declarations in all of Scripture. Nothing can separate you from the love of God. And then you turn the page to chapter 9 and the mood shifts completely. Paul is in anguish. He is grieving. Because the question he is sitting with is...

This week Pastor Mel takes us through the second half of Romans 8. The sermon opens with a reframe that sets the tone for everything that follows. When Paul talks about glory in Romans 8, Mel argues he is not primarily talking about heaven. He is talking about God's Spirit tabernacling in believers -- the same dwelling presence that was in the wilderness with Israel -- and about the goodness of Go...

This week Pastor Mel brings us to Romans chapter 8 -- what he and many theologians consider to be the most important chapter in the entire Bible. Mel opens with the four most liberating words in Paul's writing: there is no condemnation. He unpacks what that actually means -- not that condemnation was abolished, but that Jesus took it on himself so we don't have to carry it. And he makes the case t...

This week Pastor Mel continues the Romans series with Week 13, and he lands in one of the most personally honest passages in all of Paul's writing -- Romans chapter 7. The big question Paul is answering is one that every honest Christian has probably asked: if grace covers our sin, does that mean we can live however we want? Paul's answer is emphatic. Of course not. And Mel walks through exactly w...

This week Pastor Mel continues our series through the book of Romans, picking up in the second half of Romans chapter 6 where Pastor Kim left off. Using the vivid historical reality of slavery in the Roman Empire — including an actual slave tag discovered in Rome — Mel unpacks Paul's powerful argument that every one of us is a slave to whatever we choose to obey. He walks through what it means to...

In week 11 of our Romans series Pastor Kim teaches on Romans 6 showing the shift from what God has done for us to what He is doing in us. She unpacks our union with Christ in His death and resurrection, declaring that we have died to sin and been raised to new life so sin no longer rules over us. Kim uses powerful illustrations like the rope lowered into a well, the removal of Lazarus's grave clot...

In part two of our Asking for a Friend series Pastor Mel preaches about Heaven. He challenges popular misconceptions—such as an ethereal realm of clouds, pearly gates, mansions, or endless worship—drawing instead from Scripture to portray it as a physical, renewed reality where the new heaven and new earth merge. He distinguishes the temporary paradise believers enter upon death from the permanent...

In week one of our series called Asking For a Friend, Pastor Mel directly confronts seven common questions about same-sex attraction and behavior by firmly placing biblical authority above personal feelings or cultural context. He begins by outlining four views on rules versus context (and Bible versus feelings), rejecting the first three positions that allow feelings to override Scripture and aff...

Pastor Mel interviews 4-time Super Bowl champion Jon Kolb. Kolb played with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1969 to 1981. Mel and Jon discuss the role faith has played at various points in Jon's career. Jon overcame adversity and unlikely odds to become one of the most decorated offensive linemen in Steelers history. This conversation reveals our common humanity even with those who live special lives...

In his Easter sermon on Romans 5:12-21, Pastor Mel explained how Adam’s one act of disobedience introduced sin and death as a universal problem into the world, as seen in the Genesis 3 account of the Fall, affecting all humanity—even before the law was given—with Adam serving as a symbol of the coming Christ. Christ’s righteousness offers forgiveness, the gift of righteousness, new life, and a res...

In Pastor Mel's sermon on Romans 5:1-11, he teaches about God’s transformation of humanity. Because we have been made right by faith, we now enjoy peace with God through Jesus (and therefore peace with ourselves). We stand in undeserved grace, and confidently rejoice in the hope of sharing God’s glory. Even trials produce endurance, character, and an unshakeable hope that never disappoints, since...

Pastor Kim’s sermon on Romans 4:13–25 unpacks the Big Idea that God’s promise has always been received by faith, not performance—and that same faith available to Abraham is still available to us today. She opens by showing in Point 1 that the promise cannot be earned: the law only brings wrath and curse (Romans 4:15; Galatians 3:10–11), so trying to obey it to earn what God freely gives is pointle...

In his sermon on Romans 4:1-12, Pastor Mel explores how Abraham, the forefather of the Jewish nation, was made right with God not through works or human achievement but through faith alone. Drawing from Genesis 15:6, he emphasizes that Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness," a principle Paul uses to show that justification is a gift, not earned wages—contrasting it with...

In his sermon on Romans 3:21-31, Pastor Mel explains how God has revealed a new way of righteousness apart from the law, a righteousness manifested through faith in Jesus Christ and available to all—Jews and Gentiles alike—who believe. He emphasizes the universal reality that all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, yet through God's grace, believers are justified as a free gift, made right...

In Pastor Mel's sermon on Romans 3:1-20, he addresses the divided church in Rome—composed of returning Jews and a now predominantly Gentile congregation—where Paul seeks to foster unity through a clear presentation of the gospel. While affirming the genuine privileges given to the Jews, such as being entrusted with God's revelation, Paul firmly rejects any notion that Jewish unfaithfulness nullifi...

Pastor Mel's sermon on Romans 2:17-29 challenges those who rely on external religious identity and privileges—particularly the Jews in the Roman church who boasted in their knowledge of God's law, their special relationship with God, and circumcision—while failing to live in obedience to it. He highlights Paul's pointed confrontation: they teach others yet fail to teach themselves, condemning sins...

Pastor Mel's sermon on Romans 2:1-16 challenges listeners not to hypocritically judge others for the sins listed in Romans 1:29-32—such as wickedness, greed, envy, gossip, and heartlessness—while committing the same things themselves, as this self-condemnation leaves no excuse before God's impartial justice. He emphasizes that God's kindness, tolerance, and patience are intended to lead people to...

In his sermon on Romans 1:18-32, Pastor Collin explains why humanity desperately needs the righteousness and salvation offered through Jesus Christ. Although God has clearly revealed Himself through creation, people suppress the truth, refuse to worship or thank Him, and instead turn to idols and foolish thinking. As a result, God’s wrath is revealed—not primarily as direct punishment, but by “giv...

Pastor Mel's sermon on Romans 1:1-17 serves as an introduction to the book of Romans, highlighting Paul’s identity as a willing slave of Christ Jesus, called and sent as an apostle to proclaim the gospel—the long-promised Good News about God’s Son, Jesus Christ, descended from David and powerfully declared Son of God through His resurrection. Paul establishes common ground for the divided Roman be...

Pastor Christina's sermon, concluding the "Prepare the Way" series, draws from Isaiah 40:3-5 and the story of Moses in Exodus to explore how believers prepare for God's calling. She emphasizes that a calling is not based on personal performance, qualifications, or position, but on intimately knowing Jesus, trusting Him, and obeying Him. Using Moses' life—from his failed attempt to deliver his peop...

In the third message of our series called Prepare the Way, Pastor Mel draws from Matthew 3:1-3 and Isaiah 40:3-5 to emphasize preparing for a move of God by surrendering personal control and allowing divine leadership, as illustrated by the Israelites' obedience to the pillar of cloud and fire in Exodus 13, 40, and Numbers 9. Just as the people followed God's visible guidance—moving or staying pre...

In the second message of our series called Prepare the Way, Pastor Mel draws from Matthew 3:1-3 to emphasize preparing the way for God's blessings through complete obedience, illustrating the concept with the story of King Saul from 1 Samuel 15, where Saul's partial compliance in destroying the Amalekites—sparing King Agag and the best livestock while claiming to sacrifice them to God—resulted in...

In the first message of our series called Prepare the Way, Pastor Mel draws from John the Baptist's call in Matthew 3 and Isaiah 40 to urge believers to actively prepare their hearts for God's presence, much like preparing a home for an honored guest. Using the analogy of hosting a visitor, he outlines three practical steps: first, "Clean Up" by confessing sin and pursuing inner purity, supported...