Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

Jesus REVEALED: "Here Am I, Send Me"

February 23, 2025
Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
 
“God reveals himself, that is, in creation and in Christ, in ways we can see and hear and touch and taste, in place and person. Beauty is the term we apply to these hints of transcendence, these perceptions that there is more going on here than we can account for. And that is how we come to identify as apostles of the gospel the men and women and, yes, children, who use words and images and sounds and textures to wake us up to beauty latent and implicit all around us.”“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” -Eugene Peterson
"...to think that creation resulted by accident is like thinking that Webster's unabridged dictionary resulted from an explosion in a print shop" -Albert Einstein
 
Jesus reveals himself through a personal ENCOUNTER...
 
Isaiah 6:1-4
Jeremiah 4:1-10
 
"Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so." -John Stott
 
which EVOKES a response…  (
 
Isaiah 6:5-7
 
“Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked.” -Peter Kreeft
 
and ENCOURAGES a decision to follow Him.  
 
Isaiah 6:8
 
“Run to and fro everywhere, holy fires, beautiful fires; for you are the light of the world, nor are you put under a bushel. He whom you cleave unto is exalted and has exalted you. Run to and fro and be known unto all nations.” -Augustine
 
“One thing I have observed in all my years of ministry is that the most effective and important aspects of evangelism usually take place on an individual, personal level. Most people do not come to Christ as an immediate response to a sermon they hear in a crowded setting. They come to Christ because of the influence of an individual.” -John MacArthur
 
 

Jesus REVEALED: "God's True Test"

Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker
February 16, 2025
 
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” -John Milton
 
WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE 
 
Jeremiah 17:5-8
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
 
WE ALL HAVE A CONDITION
 
Jeremiah 17:9
Jeremiah 17:1-4
Romans 7:15-20
 
“What does it mean to harden your heart? It means to see clear evidence of the hand of God at work and still refuse to accept His Word and submit to His will. It means to resist Him by showing ingratitude and disobedience and not having any fear of the Lord or of His judgments. Hardhearted people say with Pharaoh, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice?” "...The same sun that melts the ice also hardens the clay. It all depends on the nature of the material." -Warren Wiersbe
 
WE ARE OFFERED A CURE
 
Jeremiah 17:10
 
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
SMITH WIGGLESWORTH: Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials." -John Milton
 
 
(NET)
 

Jesus REVEALED: "True Love's Reward"

Associate Pastor Louise Waller
February 9, 2025
 
Jesus Reveals God
 
Genesis 45:3-6, 15
 
Luke 6:27-38
 
 

Jesus REVEALED: "Unwelcome at Home"

February 2, 2025
Associate Pastor Eric Burch
 
Luke 19:8-10
 
Luke 4:21-30
 
God is the only True God and Jesus died so that all can experience Salvation
 
1 Kings 17:24
 
2 Kings 5:15
 
God is Sovereign and He can do as He pleases.
 
Exodus 33:19
 
By doing Good Works among the Gentiles, God is trying to bring the Jews back to Himself.
 
Romans 9:1-5
 
(NASB2020)
 

Jesus REVEALED: "Healing the Broken"

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)
 

Jesus REVEALED: "The First Miracle"

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

Jesus REVEALED: "John Baptizes Jesus"

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)

Jesus Revealed: "Mystery UNRAVELED"

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
 
Ephesians 3:1-12
 
1 Peter 4:8-11
 
“All too often we regard stewardship simply as a matter of our giving to God, but this aspect is secondary. Before we can give, we must possess, and before we possess we must receive. Therefore, stewardship is, in the first place, receiving God’s good and bounteous gifts. And once received, those gifts are not to be used solely for our own good. They must also be used for the benefit of others, and ultimately for the glory of God the giver. The steward needs an open hand to receive from God and then an active hand to give to God and to others.” -Murray J. Harris
 
Romans 16:25-27
 
(NET)
 

"An Unexpected Journey"

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)

Advent: "The Coming of LOVE"

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