Cross Section from the Summit View Church of Christ

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In 753 BC, Israel seemed strong—but within about thirty years, it fell! Why? Israel had long turned away from God, worshiping idols and doing evil. Its evil finally caught up with it, and God did not rescue the nation, because God is faithful—faithful to both bless those who seek him and to punish those who do evil The fall of Israel is a warning to us to respect...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Jesus, in his Parable of the Soils, was right: different people respond to God in different ways. In Jesus' own history, the history of Israel and Judah, Judah's king Uzziah was faithful to God, but only until pride choked out his faith. His son Jotham was steadfast in his faith, and his trust in God strengthened his nation. But his son Ahaz was entirely u...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — King Amaziah first listened to God, and because he obeyed the Lord, he prospered. But later in his reign he stopped listening to God, and he lost God's blessings. Amaziah's life is a lesson for us to listen to the Lord as we go about our lives, so that we might enjoy his blessings.  Text: 2 Chronicles 25

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In the stories of three consecutive kings of Israel, God demonstrates his profound compassion by showing grace even to undeserving kings and an undeserving nation. Text: 2 Kings 13 and 14:23-29

​ Sunday Sermon by Johnny Gallegos — Peter disowned Jesus three times, and all seemed to be lost. He could never undo what he had done. But Jesus redeemed Peter and called him to feed His sheep. In the same way, Jesus redeems us from our sin and calls us into his kingdom. Texts: excerpts from Luke 22, John 21

​ Sunday Sermon by Ian Bissell, Preaching Intern with the Northwest School of Discipleship — Each of us has been given the gift of a ministry by God. What can we do to engage in that ministry effectively, in spite of dangers both external and internal? We draw from Paul's instructions to Timothy to help us as we serve the Lord. Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-8

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Wicked Athaliah placed herself on the throne of Judah, but God worked through two righteous people to rescue the rightful (and infant) king and, a few years later, place him on his throne. That king prospered as he followed the Lord, but when he later turned away from God, God raised up another righteous man to courageously confront the king and the people, callin...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Why does God wait so long to punish the wicked, especially when they do harm to the innocent and the righteous? God waited years to punish Jezebel and to complete his prophesied judgment against the house of Ahab. He is slow to anger—and yet he also does not leave the guilty unpunished. He gives us time to repent, but he will not wait forever. Text: 2 Kings 9-10

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In a moment of crisis, Israel's ungodly King Joram blamed God, but Judah's godly King Jehoshaphat looked to God for help. Because Jehoshaphat was there, the prophet Elisha foretold that God would rescue the kings and their armies and give them victory over the enemy. These events remind us of a principle we find throughout Scripture: God often causes his b...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — King Ahab wanted Naboth's vineyard; Naboth refused to sell. Queen  Jezebel arranged to take the vineyard for Ahab—by having Naboth murdered. God saw and was furious. How does God expect those to whom he has given authority and power to use that power? Ahab and Jezebel abused the power God had given them. God calls us to do better with the influence and authori...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In Israel, the nation's worship of Jeroboam's calf idols resulted in forty years of political chaos. King Ahab brought political stability, but further spiritual decline. So God turned off the rain—the rain that was supposedly provided by Baal, god of Ahab's wife, Queen Jezebel. Three years later, desiring to show mercy to Israel again, God sent the pr...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Judah's King Abijah was not fully devoted to God, but in a moment of crisis he and Judah relied on God for help, and he saved them. Abijah's son Asa was very faithful to the Lord, and God gave him victory in battle. But late in his life, Asa relied on another nation instead of on God. Like these kings, we must decide daily whether or not we will rely on Go...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Israel's King Jeroboam was richly blessed by God, who appointed him king over ten tribes of Israel. How did Jeroboam respond to God's blessings? In fear of losing them, he turned his back on God! Jeroboam's story reminds us to appreciate all that God has done for us and, by remembering his goodness to us, trust him enough to put our faith in him and ob...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Israel's King Rehoboam, at the start of his reign, was arrogant and lacked wisdom, and his pride split the nation of Israel in two. Rehoboam's story thereafter—a story of pride humbled, then a sequence of faithfulness, pride, and humility again—illustrates the Bible's teaching that God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble. Texts: 1 Kings 12:...

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — King Solomon began so well—but how we finish is even more important than how we begin. Solomon gradually turned away from God, breaking God's commands for Israel's kings and reintroducing the worship of false gods into Israel. Solomon's story reminds us to hold true to God in obedience to his commands, so that we may live in his blessings and promises....

​ Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Solomon, third king of Israel, began his reign well, worshiping and seeking God, the true King of Israel. In response, God offered to grant whatever Solomon might ask of him. Solomon asked God for exactly what mattered most to God: that God would grant him wisdom to govern God's people well. God did, and the entire nation was blessed. We, too, are blessed when...

Sunday Sermon by Jack Campbell — The gospel is the story of God's work to save human beings, especially through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. But how do you obey a story? This lesson takes us through stories and teachings from Scripture that help us understand how God calls us to respond to his work for our salvation through Jesus. Selected Texts

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Revelation and Colossians call Jesus the firstborn from the dead. Other people were raised from the dead before Jesus was, but he is the first to rise from the dead, never to die again! He is the first, but he will not be the last—and that promise gives us great hope that guides our lives as we live in anticipation of the great resurrection of the dead. Text: Revela...

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — As he closes his first letter with instructions for the church to help them endure times of suffering, Peter also describes a church family into which we would delight to invite our friends and family. In this family, God's household, elders lead out of a desire to serve God and his people, each person humbles themselves toward one another and toward God, God li...

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Our suffering for the sake of Christ becomes a warning to the people around us that they and we must all one day give account of our lives to the one who will judge the living and the dead. This is why we preach the gospel, the purpose of evangelism: that we may help one another prepare for the judgment and share the hope of eternal life. For this purpose we live go...

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — We want to share the message of Jesus and be good witnesses for him, but we often feel pressured by unbelievers around us. What should we do? Should we fight back? Give in? Hide away? Peter gives us a better option, but it's difficult: He calls us to stand strong, as Jesus did, and to be prepared to explain the reason for the hope we have in Christ. Text: 1 Pete...

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — It is not by promising to fulfill people's dreams and guaranteeing a prosperous life that we bring people to Jesus most effectively, but by setting ourselves aside to pursue the glory of God above all else, even if that means—as it did for Jesus—suffering for the Lord's sake. For though we are free in Christ, we live as slaves of God. Text: 1 Peter 2:11 to 3...

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — We, along with Jesus, are living stones that God is using to build his temple, the people in whom he lives. We are also God's priests in his temple, representing God to people and people to God. In these roles, we must live holy lives, and through our living as priests we may have opportunities to lead unbelievers to bring glory to God. Text: 1 Peter 2:4-12

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — The joy we have in Christ is one of the great keys to witnessing effectively for Jesus in an often-unbelieving world. Peter calls the early church, suffering through trials that frequently stemmed from their status as a suspect or despised minority in the Roman Empire, to hold onto their joy and to live holy lives as they live as foreigners and exiles in this world....

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — The goal of Christian evangelistic ministry, as Paul expresses it, is not to dominate others or to create a Christian-dominant culture. It is to persuade others about Jesus, that he died for us all so that we might no longer live for ourselves, but for him who died for us and was raised from the dead. In order to persuade others—and to be excellent witnesses for Jes...