Summit Church Garden City

Hebrews - A Serious Warning & A Strong Hope - Pastor Ovi

1. The danger of spiritual drift
2. A serious warning to a drifting church

   • View 1: Loss of salvation

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     View 2: Hypothetical / Loss of Reward

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     View 3: Exposure Without Regeneration

3. Press on with confident perseverance

 

Application:

• Check for drift not just sin
• Move from consumption to contribution
• Don’t panic – persevere

Stand Alone - New Year - Pastor Ovi

FROM STRIVING TO ABIDING

1. Unhurried time in God’s presence
2. Honest, ongoing prayer – not impressive prayer
3. Obedience in small things

Prayer for 2026: “Lord, teach us how to abide!”

Advent - Love made visible - Pastor Ovi

1. Love took on flesh
2. Love came near
3. Love has a face
4. Love is full of grace and truth

Application points:

• Let Jesus define love for you
• Stop hiding from God when He has come near
• Stop loving from a distance

Advent - Joy - Pastor Ovi

1. TRUE JOY STARTS WITH WHO GOD IS, NOT HOW LIFE FEELS

• Mary’s theology creates her joy
• Mary’s joy is not rooted in what she understands, but in who God is
• Mary’s joy comes from God’s initiating grace
• Mary’s joy is rooted in God’s unchanging character
• Mary’s joy foreshadows the joy of all believers
• Mary’s joy points to Jesus

2. TRUE JOY GROWS WHEN WE SEE GOD REVERSING WHAT THE WORLD BUILDS

3. TRUE JOY RESTS ON GOD’S UNBREAKABLE PROMISE

 

Where do we find joy right now?

• Let’s rejoice when life feels small — because God sees you!
• Let’s rejoice when life feels reversed — because God is working in the hidden places
• Let’s rejoice when the future feels uncertain — because God’s promises are not

Advent - Peace - Pastor Ovi

1. BEFORE JESUS BRINGS PEACE TO THE WORLD, HE MUST END OUR WAR WITH GOD

2. THE PRINCE OF PEACE WINS PEACE BY ENTERING OUR BROKENNESS

3. BECAUSE THE KING HAS MADE PEACE WITH GOD, WE CAN NOW LIVE IN PEACE WITH OTHERS

4. PEACE BECOMES OUR MESSAGE TO A WAR-TORN WORLD

• Where are you still at war with God?
• Who do you need to pursue peace with?
• Will you let Christ’s peace rule your heart this Christmas?
• Who are you going to bring this message of peace to?

Advent - Hope - Pastor Ovi

1. Hope speaks before the light breaks

2. Hope has a name

3. Hope breaks chains not just darkness

4. Hope reigns forever

 

Application:

• Lift your eyes, even if you don’t feel like it

   

• Step out of the chain He already broke

   

• Anchor your hope in the kingdom that’s coming

Defending and Proclaiming - Pastor Shane

1. Move The Ball Forward
2. What Is Christian Apologetics?
3. Why Is Christian Apologetics Important?
4. Methods:
   1. Creation
   2. Origin Of Science
   3. Science Emerging From Within Christian Society
5.  Some Arguments For The Existence Of God:
   • The Cosmological Argument
   • Historical Argument For The Resurrection
6. Where Do We Go From Here?
   • Don’t Sleepwalk Through Your Time Here
   • Use your gifts
   • The Great Commission
7. Recommended Resources:

• • The reliability of Scripture – Wes Huff
  • How to answer Atheism – Frank Turek
  • How to answer Islam – David Wood, Robert Spencer
  • Historical reliability of the Gospel – Gary Habermas
  • How to answer Roman Catholicism – James White
  • How to respond to Evolution – Stephen Meyer, James Tour, John Sanford
  • How to answer Church of LDS (Mormons) – Ron Rhodes
  • How to answer the Jehovah’s Witnesses (the Watchtower) – Mike Winger
  • Christian Apologetics Articles – carm.org , gotquestions.org

Hebrews - Jesus: the Perfect Priest - Pastor Shane

1. The High Priest Must Be Chosen
2. The High Priest Must Be Sympathetic
3. The High Priest Must Be Able

Hebrews - Jesus: Our Sympathetic High Priest - Pastor Ovi

1. Our Great High Priest

2. Our Sympathetic High Priest

3. Our Accessible High Priest

Hebrews - God's Rest Is Still Open - Pastor Ovi

1. God’s promise demands a response of faith

• Don’t just hear the Word—respond to it
• Guard your heart against familiarity

2. God’s rest is still open

• Trust Jesus today
• Trust deeper

3. God’s Word Cuts Through the Counterfeits

• Let the Word Search You Daily
• Stop Hiding Behind Religion