Summons Radio

Have you ever thought about the severity of death? Death is what completely separated us from God because death is the punishment for sin. But, God did something about it. In today’s edition of Summons, Pastor Terry talks about how God completely defeated death. When Jesus died on the cross for us, He completely defeated death. Death no longer has a hold on us, because of what Jesus did. We now ha...

Have you ever thought that you were too far gone for God? Like the sin that you struggle with is too big for God, so there isn’t a way back to Him? In today’s message, Pastor Terry talks about how we are always one step away from God. There is nothing we can do to make God not love us. God loves us so much that He created a way for us to spend eternity with Him. No matter what sin we struggle with...

Have you ever thought about how much God loves you? It can be really easy to just go day by day and recognize that God loves us, but have you ever considered how much He truly loves you? In today’s edition of Summons, Pastor Terry talks about the vastness of God’s love for us. He wanted to spend eternity with us, so He sacrificed His only son to take our place on the cross. We deserve complete sep...

Have you ever thought about why Jesus needed to sacrifice himself to save us? I mean, He is God, and He did create everything, so why didn’t He just create a way for us to spend eternity with Him? Today, Pastor Terry talks about the reason for Jesus’ sacrifice. Sin has completely separated us from God. We are imperfect beings, and God is perfect. The punishment for our sins is death and complete s...

There's no way you can do enough good works to gain favor with a perfect and Holy God. As Pastor Terry continues his teaching series through the book of Job, he'll be reminding you that in the same way, you can't earn salvation, you also can't maintain salvation by good works. You can never be good enough, because the best you can possibly do, is as filthy rags before a righteous God. This is why...

Today, Pastor Terry will be explaining how Job was able to go through such horrible suffering, yet still, remain right with God. Job, even in the midst of suffering, chose not to curse God and give up! Job was right with God and he had the peace of God even while working through the worst kind of suffering. When you have the Holy Spirit living within you, you have the peace of God that surpasses a...

As Pastor Terry continues his teaching series through the book of Job, he'll be explaining how trials and hardships aren't necessarily due to sin in your life. The Bible says it rains on the just and the unjust, and conversely, the troubles of this life also happen to the just and the unjust. It's true that sinful activity naturally produces bad fruit and consequences that involve suffering. Howev...

Today, Pastor Terry will be encouraging you to be a student of the Bible, because whenever circumstances in life happen, there will always be people giving poor advice. Even those who mean well in the church can give you poor counsel simply due to a lack of studying the Word themselves. Job for example, when he was going through the worst time of his life, had friends that kept telling him that he...

As Pastor Terry continues his teaching series through the book of Job, he'll be challenging you to get back up and fight the good fight if you've been suffering hardships. It becomes easy to stay down once you are hit with various trials, but remember that greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. The enemy wants to keep you distracted and keep you rendered paralyzed, but God wants...

The book of Job is one of the most unsettling books in the Bible, simply because it reveals that trials and hardships don't just happen to unbelievers, but to believers as well. Today, Pastor Terry will be explaining how Job went through the most horrible hardships and probably suffered more than any man has ever suffered, yet still kept his faith. It's easy to love the Lord and be a joyful Christ...

God created mankind with the ability to either choose to love and follow Him, or to reject Him. You have been given free will because that's the only way you can truly love. Only having a choice can show genuine love. This is why Adam and Even were given a choice in the Garden. As Pastor Terry continues his teaching series through the book of Job, he'll be explaining how God didn't create robots t...

Today, Pastor Terry will be explaining how God is sovereign, even when things seem like they are spiraling out of control. Satan needed permission from God to bring trials and hardships into Jobs's life. Satan is on a short leash, and isn't allowed to do whatever he wants! God ultimately brings a greater good out of anything the enemy intends for evil. Whenever a child of God goes through any form...

Even in the midst of suffering and pain, there is always hope! In today's message from Pastor Terry, he reminds you about the great hope you have in the Lord, Jesus Christ. Jesus came, He suffered and died upon the cross, and three days later was risen into victory sitting at the right hand of His Father. Pastor Terry explains, that anyone who has received Jesus as their Savior has an everlasting...

Do you realize that the enemy, Satan hates everyone? As you listen to today's message from Pastor Terry, he explains to you that the enemy is an adversary to the Lord. He roams around like a roaring lion seeking those whom he may devour. He is no friend to anyone especially those that are children of God. Pastor Terry encourages you, to stand your guard against the attacks of Satan. Stay in the Bi...

Is the pain that you're experiencing causing you to run to the Lord or away from Him? In today's message from Pastor Terry, he encourages you to run to the Lord when the going gets tough. This is the way that you'll make it through the hardships and trials. Not by shoving Him out, turning to the world, and to toxic relationships. Pastor Terry urges you, to cry out to the Lord. Tell Him about your...

Are you currently dealing with a season that's been extremely difficult? As you listen to today's message from Pastor Terry, he encourages you to study with him the book of Job. Although Job went through some horrific hardships and trials, he never gave up on the Lord. He never cursed the Lord or lost faith in His ability to work all things together for good. Pastor Terry emphasizes the need to st...

Live every day of your life magnifying the Lord, Jesus Christ! In today's message from Pastor Terry, he encourages you to live your life as a sold-out disciple of Jesus. Don't let it be put into question whether or not you serve and worship the King of kings. Pastor Terry urges you, to have so much zeal for the Lord that everyone you encounter will know that you love Him. That you will exude and r...

Resolutions in the new year can be good. They can be productive and opportunities for growth in any area you need it. But what's often left out is a desire to grow in your relationship with God. With so much emphasis on so many other things, it's easy to leave God out when you think of all the things you have to do. But as Pastor Terry's going to show you today, God is where your focus should be....

Have you ever made a New Year's Resolution, only to fall flat a month or two in, or even less? It's hard to keep going when you fail to pace yourself and keep the steady momentum increasing. Today, Pastor Terry's going to show you how your Christian walk is the same way. It's a marathon. It's a long-term race. And even if the progress seems slow or you find yourself losing that momentum and backsl...

You've been offered a new beginning. What Christ did on the cross was for you, so you can experience eternal joy and peace in God's presence in Heaven. Today, as you explore the gifts God's poured out on you in your life, Pastor Terry is going to remind you that salvation is just a choice away. Jesus did all the work. God offers it as a gift. It just takes repenting of any sins in your life, confe...

What began on the first Christmas? Jesus was born to the earth, to the virgin Mary in Bethlehem. But more than that, the first step of eternity being available freely to you was taken. Today, Pastor Terry's going to show you how it's through that first Christmas that Jesus was brought into the earth, where He would eventually be beaten and killed as a sacrifice for sin so anyone can come to God th...

The purpose is found in knowing who you are in Christ. Your value is found in the price that Christ paid for you so you could go to Heaven. God's love for you is demonstrated in all He gave for you and all the blessings He sends your way. There's nothing more powerful than Him that can crush you, and there's no greater joy that can be found than the joy He gives. Pastor Terry is going to show you...

Presents under the tree on Christmas every year are nice and can be part of memories that last a lifetime. But there's a gift that God gives because of Christmas that lasts even longer. As you look at the birth of Jesus today with Pastor Terry, you'll get to see God's unmeasurable love for you in His gift of eternal life. He sent His son to earth to live as a human, tempted and beaten and killed a...

Revelation paints a strong scene between Satan and Jesus. A war that's been fought since long before anyone was alive you know before any country or city was made, was tipped at the birth of Jesus. Today, Pastor Terry's going to show you how the Christmas story has such an important role in Revelation and the victory good will have over evil. Jesus came to destroy death and Satan's reign, and the...

There's strong imagery of a nativity scene in Revelation much like the one in the Gospels if you look for it. When you think of Christmas it's often the snow, the trees, the presents, dinner, and Mary and Joseph huddled by a manger. But it's also the birth of the child that's hated by the dragon Satan in the book of Revelation. Today, Pastor Terry's going to show you the prophetic part of the stor...