Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

Associate Pastor Eric Burch January 26, 2025   Luke. 4:14-21 Luke 4:1 Luke 2:46-47 Luke 4:18 Luke 6:20 Romans 7:21-24 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 Luke 4:19 Luke. 4:20-21   (NASB-2020)  

January 19, 2025 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   John 2:1-11 Psalm 36:5-10   (NET)

January 12, 2025 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant   Luke 3:15-17 Luke 3: 21-22 Acts 8:35-38 Acts 2:1-4 Acts 8: 14-17   (NKJV)

January 5, 2025 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   "Today the Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now enclosed in a tiny body. As they look, they believe and do not question, as their symbolic gifts bear witness: incense for God, gold for a king, myrrh for one who is to die." -Peter Chrysologus   E...

December 29, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller Associate Pastor Eric Burch Pam Brunenkant Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   Isaiah 6:8 Psalms 26:2-3 Psalms 139:23-24 (NET)

December 22, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller   Isaiah 53:3-5 Luke 1:39-56   (NIV)  

December 15, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant   Luke 3:7-18   (NKJV)  

December 8, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch   God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would hav...

December 1, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   Luke 21:25-36   “Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation that things—the weather, human relationship, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get better. Hope is trust that God will fulfill God’s promises to us in a way that leads us to true freedom. The optimist speaks about concrete changes in the...

November 24, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller   Matthew 20:26-28 Matthew 25:35-36, 40 1 Peter 4:10 Yeah, but it’s HARD Yeah, but it’s ALL-CONSUMING Luke 17:7-10 Footwashing t’s worth it because Galatians. 6:7-10 Matthew 20:26-28 Grace, Community, Generosity, Service   (NIV)  

November 17, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   (Interview with Katy Kaakestadg from Intended Hope)   Matthew 9:35-38   "When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool." -Chinua Achbee   "God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." -Augustine   "Without worship, we go about miserable....

November 10, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   Core Value #3: Generosity   We can't out give God. He is far more generous than we can imagine. In fact, He did not even withhold Jesus from us! It all belongs to God, and we in return desire to be generous with our time, talents, and resources for advancing the Kingdom of God by making a tangible difference in people's lives.   "Do all the good you ca...

November 3, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch   Summit Ridges Values: Grace Community Serving Generosity   We Value Community We are created to be in community- to do life together. Together we worship, laugh, cry, give, serve, learn, and grow as followers of Jesus Christ.   We were Created to be in Community Genesis 1:26-27   What does it Mean to be in Community? Leviticus 26:11-13 Leviticus 4:13-...

October 27, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller   What is God’s Grace? Romans 3:10-18 Romans 5:8 How do we receive Grace? How do we extend Grace?  Attitude Practice 2 Corinthians 9:8 2 Corinthians 12:9 Grace = Agape Love Grace is Holy   (NIV)  

October 20, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   Jeremiah 29:11 Jeremiah 32:19 Psalms 33:11 Romans 8:28 Ephesians 2:10 Mark 10:45   Mission of Summit Ridge Community Church: To make disciples who Serve Christ by Serving People.   Matthew 28:16-20   "It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says." -...

October 13, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch   Galatians 3:26-29   We are a New Creation 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Philemon 4-7 Philemon 10-14   We have a Alternative Way to Act Romans 8:28-29 Matthew 5:13-15 Philemon 20-25  Philippians 2:5-8   5 Ways to be Like Christ in this World Matthew 28:18-20    (NASB 2020)  

October 6, 2024 Scott Soden, Global Partners Coordinator, Brethren Church National Office Staff Pastor Gary Castro, Philippine Brethren Church

September 30, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant Associate Pastor Louise Waller Associate Pastor Eric Burch   Philemon 1: 1-7  (NKJV)

September 22, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch   We serve Christ by Serving People Colossians 4:7-8 Romans 1:1  1 Timothy 1:1-2  Colossians 4:9-13   Serving Christ by Serving People Takes Many Forms   1 Peter 3:15  Colossians 4:14-15 (NET) Romans 12:9-13 Colossians 4:16-18 1 Peter 4:10-11   (NASB)    

September 15, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant   (There were intermittent audio issues with this recording.  Sorry for the inconvenience.)   Colossians 4:1-6 Daniel 6:10 Luke 18:1-8 Matthew 7:11   (NKJV)  

September 8, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker   “Denial of one's need for others is the most common type of defense against bonding. If people come from a situation, whether growing up or later in life, where good, safe relationships were not available to them, they learn to deny that they even want them. Why want what you can't have? They slowly get rid of their awareness of the need.” -Henry Cloud...

September 1, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller (Technical difficulties at the beginning caused low audio.)   Colossians 3:12-17 Unity and Love are REQUIRED No worship without loving community John 13:34-35 (Song: They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love) No New Life in Christ without loving community ‘In the Name of Christ’ Loving community is The Glory of God Psalm 133 They are Worth it "It i...

August 25, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker Colossians 2:14-15   “Both God’s love and God’s wrath are ratcheted up in the move from the old covenant to the new, from the Old Testament to the New. These themes barrel along through redemptive history, unresolved, until they come to a resounding climax — at the cross. Do you wish to see God’s love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God’s wrath? Loo...

August 18, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant   Colossians 2:20-23 Matthew 19:14 2 Corinthians 5:17 Matthew 5:17   (NKJV)

August 11, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch Ephesians 4:4-6 NET   We have been Freed from the Law Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:18-19 Romans 7:4-6    We are a Priesthood in Christ  Colossians 2:17  1 Peter 2:9-10 Romans 10:1-3    So, Serve in All Humility Colossians 2:18 Proverbs 16:18-19 Colossians 3:16 John 3:11-12   For Your Sake and the Sake of the Body Colossians 2:19 Revelation 2:13-16 Romans 12:3-...