Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: Healthy Relationships"

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 
 
SUBMIT and LOVE
 
Colossians 3:18-19
Colossians 2:14-15
"Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honor should decline." -G.K. Chesterton
 
“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young 
 
OBEY and RESPECT
 
Colossians 3:20-21
 
"Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be." -David Blye
"The soul is healed by being with children". -Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
LISTEN and SERVE
 
Colossians 3:22-25
1 Corinthians 7:12-16
 
 
 
 
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This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: Unity and Love"

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 is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, toremember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one daybe a creature which, if you say it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship,or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in anightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one ofother of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, itis with the awe and circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct allour dealings with one another; all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. Thereare no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations,cultures, arts, civilization itself – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as thelife of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, andexploit – immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. Next to the BlessedSacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."C.S. Lewis
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This Is Church: "How God Builds His Church: New Life"

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? Look at the cross.” -DA Carson “Learn to know Christ and Him crucified. Learn to sing to Him, and say, ‘Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am Your sin. You have taken upon Yourself what is mine and given me what is Yours. You have become what You were not so that I might become what I was not.’” -Martin LutherGalatians 6:14
 
1 Corinthians 1:18
 
"Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close." -Bill Hybells
"The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it – to care for others out of obedience to Christ, to heal those who hurt, to take away fear, to restore community, to belong to one another, to proclaim the Good News while living it out. The church is the invisible made visible." -Chuck Colson
 
KEEP LOOKING UP
 
Colossians 3:1
 
"Jesus came to announce to us that an identity based on success, popularity and power is a false identity- an illusion! Loudly and clearly he says: 'You are not what the world makes you; but you are children of God." -Henri Nouwen
"Child of God, you cost Christ too much for him to forget you." -Charles Spurgeon
 
Psalm 71: 1-3 (The Message Paraphrase)
 
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
 
Colossians 3:2-11
 
"If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week." -Timothy Keller
 
Philippians  3:12-16
 
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This is Church; "How God Builds His Church: In Reality"

August 18, 2024
Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant
 
Colossians 2:20-23
Matthew 19:14
2 Corinthians 5:17
Matthew 5:17
 
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The is Church: "How God Builds His Church: In Worship"

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 12:3-5
 
We have been freed from the law and we now belong to the priesthood of Christ so serve in all humility for your sake and the sake of the body.
 
 

This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: The Cross"

August 4, 2024
Associate Pastor Eric Burch
 
As You Received, So Live
Colossians 2:6-7
Colossians 2:5
Ephesians 4:4-6
Ephesians 4:13-14
 
Guard Your Mind and Heart
Colossians 2:8
Romans 12:2
Proverbs 3:5-6
 
Accept the Fullness of Christ
Colossians 2:9-10
Colossians 1:27-28
 
Enjoy the Fellowship of Christ
Colossians 2:11-12
John 15:4-5
 
Celebrate Your Freedom Through Christ and the Cross
Colossians 2:13
Colossians 2:14-15
Romans 6:21–23
 
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This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: in Ministry"

July 28, 2024
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
"Ministry is giving when you feel like keeping, praying for others when you need to be prayed for, feeding others when your own soul is hungry, living truth before people even when you can't see results, hurting with other people even when your own hurt can't be spoken, keeping your word even when it is not convenient, it is being faithful when your flesh wants to run away." -John Holt
“Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one’s own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.” -Henri Nouwen
 
“I would like to encourage you to stop thinking of what you're doing as ministry. Start realizing that your ministry is how much of a tip you leave when you eat in a restaurant; when you leave a hotel room whether you leave it all messed up or not; whether you flush your own toilet or not. Your ministry is the way that you love people. And you love people when you write something that is encouraging to them, something challenging. You love people when you call your wife and say, 'I'm going to be late for dinner,' instead of letting her burn the meal. You love people when maybe you cook a meal for your wife sometime, because you know she's really tired. Loving people - being respectful toward them." -Rich Mullens
 
Ministry TRANSFORMS lives
Colossians 1:21-25
Isaiah 53:6
 
“Men will allow God to be everywhere but on his throne. They will allow him to be in his workshop to fashion worlds and make stars. They will allow Him to be in His almonry to dispense His alms and bestow his bounties. they will allow Him to sustain the earth and bear up the pillars thereof, or light the lamps of heaven, or rule the waves of the ever-moving ocean; but when God ascends His throne, His creatures then gnash their teeth." -Charles Spurgeon
 
“What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of God not admired.The power of God not praised.The truth of God not sought.The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored.The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.” -John Piper
 
God wants everyone to know their lives can be TRANSFORMED
Colossians 1:26-2:5
2 Peter 3:9
 
"We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy." -Charles Spurgeon
“Personal ministry is not about always knowing what to say. It is not about fixing everything in sight that is broken. Personal ministry is about connecting people with Christ so that they are able to think as he would have them think, desire what he says is best, and do what he calls them to do even if their circumstances never get "fixed." It involves exposing hurt, lost, and confused people to God's glory, so that they give up their pursuit of their own glory and live for his.” -Paul David Tripp
“We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.” -Peter Kreeft
 
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This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: In Christ"

July 21, 2024
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
 
“We cherry-pick our favorite traits and words of Christ and run with them - amplifying some parts while silencing others - to suit our personal visions and preferences. In doing this, rather than the true and the whole, we create caricatures and distortions of His character - false Christs made in our own images - and are left with no mystery as to why He would say we must deny ourselves daily in order to follow Him.” -Criss Jami
 
Matthew 24:3-6
 
Jesus is GOD in the flesh
 
Colossians 1:15
 
“Man's maker was made man that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother's breast; that the Bread might hunger, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired on its journey; that Truth might be accused of false witnesses, the Teacher be beaten with whips, the Foundation be suspended on wood; that Strength might grow weak; that the Healer might be wounded; that Life might die.” -St. Augustine of Hippo
“The nativity mystery “conceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary”, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own grace. The miracle of the existence of Jesus , his “climbing down of God” is: Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary! Here is a human being, the Virgin Mary, and as he comes from God, Jesus comes also from this human being. Born of the Virgin Mary means a human origin for God. Jesus Christ is not only truly God, he is human like every one of us. He is human without limitation. He is not only similar to us, he is like us.” -Karl Barth
 
Jesus is the CREATOR of all
 
Colossians 1:16-17
Romans 1:20-23
 
"God is the Creator God, he doesn't want to say, "Okay, creation was very good, but I'm scrapping it." He wants to say, "Creation is so good that I'm going to rescue it." -NT Wright
 
Jesus is LORD
 
Colossians 1:18
Philippians 2:10-11
 
Jesus is SAVIOR
 
Colossians 1:19-20
John 14:6
 
"It is faith that looks up at the creator God and knows him to be the God of love. And it is faith that looks out at the world with the longing to bring that love to bear in healing reconciliation, and hope." -NT Wright
 
2 Corinthians 5:17-18
 

This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: In Wisdom"

July 14, 2021
Associate Pastor Louise Waller
 
What is worldly wisdom?
Wisdom: The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and EvilGenesis 3:4-7
We Are Fools
Wisdom is nonsense to those who don’t believe
Isaiah 55:8-91 Corinthians 1:18Matthew 11:25
What is Godly Wisdom?
Colossians 1:9-14James 3:17
How do we get God’s wisdom?
Luke 11:11-13Proverbs 9:10Proverbs 3:5-7James 1:5
 
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This is Church: "How God Builds His Church: The Gospel"

July 7, 2024
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
 
“The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a dance...and we've turned in into a march of soldiers, always checking to see if we're doing it right and are in step and in line with the other soldiers. We know a dance would be more fun, but we believe we must go through hell to get to heaven, so we keep marching.” -Steve Brown
 
Colossians 1:1-8
 
The Gospel inspires FAITH
 
"Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace." -Brennan Manning
 
The Gospel inspires LOVE
 
“Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God’s people.” -Charles Spurgeon
"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy.” -Corrie Ten Boom
 
The Gospel inspires HOPE
 
“The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” -Tim Keller
 
Galatians 5:5-6
Ephesians 4:2-5
1 Thessalonians 1:31 Corinthians 13: 13
 
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