Summit Church Garden City

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

Hebrews - Warning Against Hardening Our Hearts - Pastor Shane

1. Believe God “Today”

2. Hold Firm Until The End

3. Learn From The Failure Of Others

Hebrews - Jesus: Greater Than Moses - Pastor Ovi

1. Consider Jesus - Our Greater Calling

- slow down your mind

- shift your focus

2. Jesus is Greater Than Moses- The Faithful Son

- don't settle for the shadow

- hold fast to hope

3. Hold Fast - Because You Belong to the House

- keep showing up

- boast in hope

 

Hebrews - Jesus: Fully Human, Our Merciful High Priest - Pastor Ovi

1. Jesus Restores What Adam Lost

- Let Jesus define who you’re becoming

- Live like a child of God, not an orphan

2. Jesus Died to Destroy Death

- Remember who went first

- Replace fear with faith

3. Jesus Became Like Us to Help Us

- Run to Him, not from Him

- Remember: you have a High Priest, not a judge

 

Summary:

"The Son of God became the Son of Man, so that the sons
and daughters of men might become sons and daughters of
God"