Summons Radio

A spark that starts a bonfire, the first drop of water that begins a waterfall, a seed that grows and spreads into a forest. There are many examples of something very small and easy to overlook, making a difference. In his message today, Pastor Terry will encourage you to use whatever talent you have for God’s glory. You might think you don’t have much to offer, but if you do what you can with wha...

There’s a prevailing thought deep in the identity of America that if you put in enough effort, you can achieve anything. You get back what you put into something. While we do live in a land of opportunity, there’s a danger in believing it was our effort that got us where we are. Today, Pastor Terry will challenge you to see that everything you have in life is through God’s grace. You may have made...

We live in a consumer-driven society. We know what it is to put our money in a vending machine and expect to receive our “reward,” but God isn’t a transactional God. Living in faith with Him is about a relationship. Pastor Terry will urge you today to serve God, not because you want to get something back for it. There’s nothing you can ever do to earn the love of God. He’s already done everything...

Imagine you received an inheritance out of the blue from someone you weren’t even related to, and it’s a life-changing amount of money. You didn’t do anything to earn it, but someone just wanted to bless you. Today, Pastor Terry will explain how that’s what God has done for you. What kind of Father would give His own Son to pay the price of your sin? God is a radically gracious God. He pours out H...

Imagine someone continually feeding a fire with wood. Their purpose is to burn down their neighbor’s house, but fire isn’t easily controlled. Instead of burning their neighbor’s house, the fire burns their own house. This is what unforgiveness does to your soul. Pastor Terry will encourage you today to let go of the unforgiveness that’s harming your heart. You think you’re punishing the person who...

Have you ever been in debt? Maybe you still are. Today, Pastor Terry will walk through the parable of the unforgiving servant. One enlightening aspect of the story he’ll reveal is just how massive the debt of the first servant was. He would have had to work 137,000 years to pay it off! This level of forgiveness is unfathomable, and it’s meant to illustrate how God has forgiven you. The sin that Go...

What would it look like to hand Jesus a blank check—signed, no conditions, no limits? That’s what true surrender is: giving Him full access to every part of our lives—our plans, our time, our future. Today, Pastor Terry will explore what it means to stop holding back and start trusting God completely. When you let go of control and say, “Jesus, write whatever You want on the check of my life,” you...

What does that mean? How is the church a product of suffering? Pastor Terry continues to explain in his message today that Jesus suffered for you on the cross. He created the church when he died and rose again, so the church, and you, are like a pearl that Jesus values greatly, because it came at a high cost. You are not an accident. You are not forgotten. Jesus values you like a pearl or treasure...

Christ's church is constantly growing. It's been growing since the first church in the book of Acts, and will continue to do so until the end of time. Today, Pastor Terry will show you that even though the church is growing, there are false doctrines and divisions that have crept in and corrupted it. But even in its negatives, God's Kingdom is still expanding, and new believers come to faith every...

The history of the church hasn't always been a loving and beneficial growth. There have been battles, false doctrine and division, all caused by different divisions of the church over the years. Today, Pastor Terry is going to walk you through some of the negatives of Christendom as you explore the history of the church. What's the solution? Live like Jesus. Follow His perfect example of doing eve...

Everyone is planted in their position in life for a reason. You're planted around believers and non-believers. As a follower of Christ, you should try to spread God's Word to as many people around you as you can so they can share in eternal life with you. Pastor Terry will ask you in today's message what kind of fruit you're producing where you're planted. Are you sharing Christ with those that ha...

Christians and non-Christians live together in the world, and oftentimes it's difficult to tell a person's beliefs. You may not want to stir the pot by bringing up Jesus to non-Christians you live at peace with. Today, Pastor Terry will encourage you to be bold in your faith and in reaching the lost, because the time will come someday when everyone will be judged. You'll go to Heaven or Hell. Peop...

God's Word will never fade and will be preached and taught until the world ends. Everyone who hears it or reads it will react in a different way to it. In today's message, Pastor Terry will show you that this is the message of the parable of the sower. Some people will reject God's Word, some will accept it and fall away, others will be distracted, but some will accept it and grow in it. That's th...

Jesus' parables were meant for Christians to take the examples in them and apply them to their lives. It's still true for you today. They were said in a way to keep the meaning hidden from people who weren't interested in Jesus or knowing what He meant. As you'll see in today's message with Pastor Terry, you should know what all of them mean. Your desire should be to constantly be growing in your...

There's spiritual truth and application in all of Jesus' parables if you take the time to find them and study them. Today, Pastor Terry wants you to start spending time praying to God, asking Him to make Jesus' words clear to you, and applying what you read in your life. You could completely miss the meaning if you don't take the time to understand it. God has many blessings for you through the ch...

Parables were a way to relate a doctrine or truth to people so they could clearly understand it. However, that doesn't necessarily mean easy. Jesus spoke to people in parables to teach in a way that anyone can understand, but that required time spent thinking and praying about those things in order to comprehend. As Pastor Terry will explain today, you'll understand parables if you're serious abou...

When Jesus died on the cross, He gave us the complete puzzle by which we could be reunited with the Lord. He restored the connection between Earth and the heavenly realms, and He made a way for ordinary people like you and me to become sanctified. But Pastor Terry teaches us today that the most amazing thing about this gift is that it comes freely. We don’t have to do anything to earn it, and in f...

Sin is a disease in humanity that affects us all. It means that our lives are not pure enough to enter into the presence of God on our own. Based on the laws and commandments of the Lord, our fate was sealed with the first sin in the Garden of Eden. But Pastor Terry is going to teach us today that there is hope in this dark place, a way for us to be reunited with a God who loves us, a God who laid...

When you’re running in a race, you are usually advised to keep your eyes fixed on the finish line. When you let little things around you start to distract you, it can cause you to lose focus and lag behind. Pastor Terry teaches you today that when you have death, or the life that awaits after death, in the front of your mind, you can live like someone who knows that they have limited time. You can...

It’s almost comforting to know that, despite all of the differences that we have with our neighbors and brothers and sisters, we all share the same reality that death will come for us at some point. Pastor Terry teaches you today not to be afraid of the sting of death, but to instead think of it as the finish line for your time on Earth. You don’t know when that finish line is going to arrive, so...

Have you ever had to walk on ice before? It can be difficult! It’s slippery and uneven, and you have to be pretty aware of where your feet are! Wouldn’t walking on solid ground be much easier? Trying to tackle temptation without being spiritually strong – is like walking on ice instead of solid ground. If you don’t have sure footing, the slightest push or pull could knock you right down! With a st...

Everyone has faced temptation at one point or another. As long as you’re a human being, you can count on feeling tempted throughout your life, but that doesn’t mean you’re the only one! In today’s message, Pastor Terry brings up two important things to remember if you’re ever struggling with temptation. One is that you’re not the first, even with this specific temptation you might be dealing with....

Being in a hard situation can make us feel sad and often bring us to a low point in our lives. Today, Pastor Terry says the Bible says to count all our trials as blessings. God will deliver you from what you’re going through. He won’t waste any affliction because He loves you. He has a plan for your life and is guiding you to trust in His plan for your life daily. If you’re in a tough situation, f...

Going through hard times is often discouraging. We can feel like giving up. In today’s message, Pastor Terry says that as Christians, we’ll go through afflictions. But God, being rich in mercy, gave up His Son so we could have eternal hope in His sacrifice. Have you put your faith in Jesus? If you haven’t, trust in Him today. He loves you and wants you to follow Him so He can lead you to a way tha...

Have you ever noticed, when someone starts to get arrogant about something, they instantly become humbled? Today, Pastor Terry says God is constantly working to dismantle the glory of man. This isn’t because He’s jealous, but because He knows how poisonous men can be when they get boosted up too high. God does this to protect you from the sin He knows you’ll fall into. You must play your part as w...