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There are times in the Bible where you can read and re-read something and it just doesn't make sense. The dots just don't connect. In this series we've been talking about how these kinds of moments when we struggle to make sense of our faith, impact our ability to live out our faith. One of the greatest challenges to our faith growing, is our lack of ability to connect these dots. There's a very r...

Christians have come to gain a negative reputation in the world today. But, before we draw the conclusion that what Christians need to do is chill out and quit being so intense, let's propose that just the opposite is true. The issue here is that we're not intense enough, intense in the matter of discipleship, of following Jesus with our whole lives and living that out. And Jesus said to them, "Fo...

As we walk through the book of Matthew in this series, we see John the Baptist and Jesus both announcing that something big is about to happen. The world is changing, there's a new way of understanding and living life. They both use this phrase, "The Kingdom of God is at hand." We dive into Matthew 4 and look at how Jesus was tempted by the devil, how he handled that interaction, and what we can l...

We dive into Matthew 3 where the story of the life of Jesus takes an interesting turn. Another individual enters the scene and takes the lime light in this biography. We look at kind of an intimidating word: Repent. In this message; however, Brad helps us change our way of thinking about this word, about Jesus' life, and in the end about our lives too.

This Sunday began a new teaching series on the book of Matthew, looking at the life, words, and purpose of Jesus. Why? Because we need an awakening, we need a resurrection of our own faith. We need to test whether or not we've allowed our faith to become polluted with a religiosity that it was never intended to have. And most of all, we need to re-discover the source of our own life, to have purpo...

We all have tough things going on in our lives, whether it's a difficult situation happing to us personally, a friend, or family member. Sickness, financial struggles, marital issues, rebellious children, and the list of struggles goes on and on. Jesus, the Son of God saw all kinds of impossible situations in his time on earth; Executive Pastor Nick Kimmet opens the Bible and teaches out of the bo...

Student Ministries Pastor Grant Bruscoe teaches on Matthew 26 and the last days of Jesus' life here on earth. The prayer we focus on in this message is Jesus talking with God His Father as Jesus faces death. Jesus is the perfect example for us to follow in how to pray, He withdrew from His followers often to pray - that shows us to pick a place, get away, and pray often. Grant leads us though the...

Praying can be an intimidating thing, what is the right thing to say? How long do I pray for? What if I get distracted and my thoughts wander? Jesus gave us the perfect example to follow for how to pray in Matthew 6. Pastor Nick Kimmet focuses on "The Lord's Prayer" in the first week of the 3 week series Red Letter Prayers.

Jon Pemberton and his family have attended Summit for 3 years and we were honored to have him preach at Summit this weekend. Jon is a husband and father of 3 girls who recently received his Masters degree in Theology. Jon preached out of Exodus and gave us a passionate and historical look at the glory, majesty, and mystery of the name of God.

Sunday August 9th Summit celebrates with dozens of people who have decided to take the step of following Jesus by being water baptized. Nick Kimmet shares an encouraging message about what choosing to follow Jesus looks like, through telling the story of Matthew the tax collector who gives up his entire way of life to follow Jesus.

"It's not about how you start, but about how you finish." We all know that cliched phrase, and find that it proves true in life when we look at what really matters in the end. Associate Pastor Nick Kimmet wraps up the Without Love series and focuses on the end of 1 Corinthians 13 on the one thing that the Apostle Paul says matters most in the end above all else.

Northwest Foursquare District Supervisor Dave Veach joined Summit this Sunday preaching in our Without Love series. Listen as Dave shares the Biblical perspective of how love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. That's a tall order, but Jesus is the answer to how we can live this out daily when we are centered around Christ. It was an honor and privilege...

Here's a reality, we as Christians are constantly under pressure to be "better" Christians, but sometimes this can become only behavioral modification rather than an inner working of the heart. We can try and try to be nicer and seem more loving, but that truly can only take us so far. Pastor Nick Kimmet teaches on a message about how we can truly become more loving people towards others, when we...

Author Bob Goff in his book Love Does wrote, "Love is never stationary. In the end, love doesn't just keep thinking about it or planning for it. Simply put: Love Does." The Apostle Paul wrote what looks like to us sometimes, as a to-do and to-don't list, when it comes to what love is and isn't. But Jesus wants to use his word to change our perspective and definition of what love is, and if we want...

The Apostle Paul started a church in the city of Corinth, the book of 1 Corinthians in the Bible was a letter written to the people of that church, people Paul cared for and knew well. Corinth was the equivalent of modern day New York City, a fast paced city full of very driven, ambitious, and talented people. Yet Paul had a very important message to share with the church, despite their talent, su...

Associate Pastor Nick Kimmet kicks off our series Without Love looking over 1 Corinthians 13. We look at the Biblical perspective of what God describes love as and the greatest person who showed love - Jesus. The prophet Hosea had a crazy command from the Lord, Nick opens this story to a greater perspective that shows Christ's sacrificial love for the world and love really is.

We as church are the living, breathing, body of Christ in our community and world. Christianity was never intended to be an individual sport, it wasn't meant to be just "you and Jesus." We all have the opportunity to BE the church, to BE Jesus everywhere we go, to ask, "What am I doing with my life?" and join Jesus in his plan for our lives. Brad teaches a Stand Alone message challenging and inspi...

Brad wraps up the Right on the Money series with a message titled, "Game Plan." Without a game plan for our money, it's easy to spend it all on: me, me, me, me, then maybe God and others with whatever may be left. The prophet Malachi warned the people of Israel that they were robbing God, closing off their hearts and their finances to the Lord. Listen to how Brad wraps up this series; in the end,...

What do you do with something when it breaks? Throw it away and buy a new one right? That has become the norm now, upgrading rather than replacing. The desire for more, nicer, cleaner, cooler stuff can be defined as an appetite... which means that no matter what we have now, soon we'll be hungry for more. We focus on 1 Timothy 6 and one word that the apostle Paul teaches to that will resolve our a...

Extra money? That phrase sure seems like a joke, but our bank statements sure will reveal how we're able to find extra money and what we spend it on. Shoes, coffee, scratch tickets... whatever it may be, we usually can find a little extra to spend on the things we enjoy most. In this message title, "Extra," Brad explores the conversation of what it means to truly be blessed by the Lord, not just m...

There is a word associated with money that makes everyone uncomfortable and cringe... and that word is, debt. The statistics of American debt are staggering and are rising every year. This Sunday Student Ministries Pastor, Grant Bruscoe, leads us through the Biblical perspective of debt and how the Bible teaches us as Christians to view and steward our money, and how to stay out of unhealthy debt....

In week 2 of our current series, Right on the Money, we look at 1 Chronicles and the story of a majestic temple being planned and built for the glory of the Lord during the reign of King David. David, however; would not get to be the one to oversee this project, he gave billions of dollars of his own money to the project, and we see how he responds to the Lord's decision to have another ruler buil...

This is the first message of a 6-part series looking at Biblical perspectives on how we as Christians should use and view our money, or should we say, God's money. Most people cringe when a Pastor talks about money in church, thinking this is just another "ask" for people to open their checkbook and add some zeros. In Jesus' time on earth he never once asked anyone for money, he knew that isn't th...

Brad finishes the Take the Land series and the book of Joshua. Joshua is at the end of his life and challenges the Israelites that they had a choice to make... would they go back to the false gods of past generations, or would they choose to surrender everything to the one true God. We see how this choice is relevant and important in our lives today.

We often have a tendency to confuse outcomes with objectives in life. What we're obsessed with in today's day and age, what we're focused on, and what gets us into all kinds of messes both physically and emotionally, is when we focus on the outcome. We want to skip ahead in the story, we don't want to do the hard work and go through the process. Joshua and the Israelites had taken all of the land...