CROSS SECTIONOfficial Podcast of the
Summit View Church of Christ Sunday Sermons
Interviews with Members Insights into Today's Issues Encouraging Messages from the Bible |
CROSS SECTIONOfficial Podcast of the
Summit View Church of Christ Sunday Sermons
Interviews with Members Insights into Today's Issues Encouraging Messages from the Bible |
Season 5, Episode 17
Rehoboam and the Need for Godly Wisdom — Sunday Sermon, April 28, 2024 (33:55) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Israel's King Rehoboam, at the start of his reign, was arrogant and lacked wisdom, and his pride split the nation of Israel in two. Rehoboam's story thereafter—a story of pride humbled, then a sequence of faithfulness, pride, and humility again—illustrates the Bible's teaching that God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble. Texts: 1 Kings 12:1-24, 2 Chronicles 11:13-17 & 12 |
Season 5, Episode 16
King Solomon, Man against God — Sunday Sermon, April 21, 2024 (34:24) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — King Solomon began so well—but how we finish is even more important than how we begin. Solomon gradually turned away from God, breaking God's commands for Israel's kings and reintroducing the worship of false gods into Israel. Solomon's story reminds us to hold true to God in obedience to his commands, so that we may live in his blessings and promises. Text: 1 Kings 10:23 to 11:43 |
Season 5, Episode 15
King Solomon, Man of God — Sunday Sermon, April 14, 2024 (32:10) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Solomon, third king of Israel, began his reign well, worshiping and seeking God, the true King of Israel. In response, God offered to grant whatever Solomon might ask of him. Solomon asked God for exactly what mattered most to God: that God would grant him wisdom to govern God's people well. God did, and the entire nation was blessed. We, too, are blessed when we seek God's will first, above our own selfish priorities. And when we seek the priorities of God's kingdom first, God grants us even more than we ask of him. Text: 1 Kings 3, 4:20-34 |
Season 5, Episode 14
How Do You Obey the Gospel? — Sunday Sermon, April 7, 2024 (27:42) Sunday Sermon by Jack Campbell — The gospel is the story of God's work to save human beings, especially through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. But how do you obey a story? This lesson takes us through stories and teachings from Scripture that help us understand how God calls us to respond to his work for our salvation through Jesus. Selected Texts |
Season 5, Episode 13
Firstborn from the Dead — Sunday Sermon, March 31, 2024 (36:23) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Revelation and Colossians call Jesus the firstborn from the dead. Other people were raised from the dead before Jesus was, but he is the first to rise from the dead, never to die again! He is the first, but he will not be the last—and that promise gives us great hope that guides our lives as we live in anticipation of the great resurrection of the dead. Text: Revelation 1:4-7, Colossians 1:15-20 & 2:9-12 |
Season 5, Episode 12
Humble Yourself Under God's Mighty Hand — Sunday Sermon, March 24, 2024 (31:13) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — As he closes his first letter with instructions for the church to help them endure times of suffering, Peter also describes a church family into which we would delight to invite our friends and family. In this family, God's household, elders lead out of a desire to serve God and his people, each person humbles themselves toward one another and toward God, God lifts up his people, his people resist the devil, and God strengthens us all. As we let our light shine for Jesus, it is into this joyful and hopeful community of people and all the promises of God that we invite those whom we serve as witnesses for Jesus. Text: 1 Peter 5 |
Season 5, Episode 11
Arm Yourself with the Attitude of Christ — Sunday Sermon, March 17, 2024 (30:28) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Our suffering for the sake of Christ becomes a warning to the people around us that they and we must all one day give account of our lives to the one who will judge the living and the dead. This is why we preach the gospel, the purpose of evangelism: that we may help one another prepare for the judgment and share the hope of eternal life. For this purpose we live godly lives, unsurprised by the suffering that comes upon us for Christ. Text: 1 Peter 4 |
Season 5, Episode 10
Be Prepared to Give an Answer — Sunday Sermon, March 10, 2024 (38:17) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — We want to share the message of Jesus and be good witnesses for him, but we often feel pressured by unbelievers around us. What should we do? Should we fight back? Give in? Hide away? Peter gives us a better option, but it's difficult: He calls us to stand strong, as Jesus did, and to be prepared to explain the reason for the hope we have in Christ. Text: 1 Peter 3:8-22 |
Season 5, Episode 9
Live as God's Slaves — Sunday Sermon, March 3, 2024 (36:26) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — It is not by promising to fulfill people's dreams and guaranteeing a prosperous life that we bring people to Jesus most effectively, but by setting ourselves aside to pursue the glory of God above all else, even if that means—as it did for Jesus—suffering for the Lord's sake. For though we are free in Christ, we live as slaves of God. Text: 1 Peter 2:11 to 3:7 |
Season 5, Episode 8
Live as Priests — Sunday Sermon, February 25, 2024 (31:26) Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — We, along with Jesus, are living stones that God is using to build his temple, the people in whom he lives. We are also God's priests in his temple, representing God to people and people to God. In these roles, we must live holy lives, and through our living as priests we may have opportunities to lead unbelievers to bring glory to God. Text: 1 Peter 2:4-12 |
Current Sunday Sermon Series
THE KINGS—AND THE GREAT KING—OF ISRAEL Lessons about living in a healthy, reverent relationship with God, from the stories of the kings of Israel and Judah Kevin Jensen, Minister (April-August 2024) King Solomon, Man of God (S5:E15, 32:10 — April 14, 2024) King Solomon, Man against God (S5:E16, 34:29 — April 21, 2024) Rehoboam and the Need for Godly Wisdom (S5:E17, 33:55 — April 28, 2024) Recent Sunday Sermon Series
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Tips and techniques from the Bible on how to be effective witnesses for Christ in our world today. Kevin Jensen, Minister (January-March 2024) Let Your Light Shine (S5:E1, 29:56 — January 7, 2024) Go Places (S5:E2, 33:19 — January 14, 2024) Plant and Water (S5:E3, 34:06 — January 21, 2024) Incarnational Ministry (S5:E4, 28:53 — January 28, 2024) Full of Prayer and Grace (S5:E5, 29:05 — February 4, 2024) Persuading Others (S5:E6, 32:58 — February 11, 2024) Live as Foreigners (S5:E7, 36:06 — February 18, 2024) Live as Priests (S5:E8, 31:26 — February 25, 2024) Live as God's Slaves (S5:E9, 36:26 — March 3, 2024) Be Prepared to Give an Answer (S5:E10, 38:17 — March 10, 2024) Arm Yourself with the Attitude of Christ (S5:E11, 30:28 — March 17, 2024) Humble Yourself Under God's Mighty Hand (S5:E12, 31:13 — March 24, 2024) GUEST LESSONS & SPECIAL LESSONS 2023
Guest sermons at the Summit View Church of Christ. Firstborn from the Dead (Easter Sermon - Kevin Jensen) (S5:E13, 36:23 — March 31, 2024) How Do You Obey the Gospel? (Jack Campbell) (S5:E14, 27:42 — April 7, 2024) |
THOUGHTS FROM AN OPEN BIBLE
Brief devotional thoughts from SVCC elder and former minister Jim Mendenhall. Should the Squeaky Wheel Get the Grease? (S1:E3, 4:19 — June 5, 2020) A 200-Year-Old Bible (S1:E6, 3:04 — June 12, 2020) Will Your Anchor Hold? (S1:E9, 3:24 — June 19, 2020) He Is Genuine (S1:E12, 3:46 — June 26, 2020) What Circumstances Can Do to You (S1:E15, 3:18 — July 3, 2020) Better Even Than Being Fair (S1:E17, 3:10 — July 10, 2020) Afraid of Self-Control (S1:E19, 2:56 — July 17, 2020) Is Authority a Bad Word? (S1:E21, 3:10 — July 24, 2020) The Need to Focus for the Race of Life (S1:E24, 2:40 — August 1, 2020) Must God Accept Us as We Are? (S1:E26, 2:58 — August 7, 2020) When Will We Ever Learn? (S1:E28, 2:33 — August 14, 2020) Does the Bible Upset You? (S1:E30, 2:46 — August 21, 2020) What Was Jesus Really Like? (S1:E34, 2:54 — September 11, 2020) Nobody Cares about Me (S1:E38, 2:28 — September 18, 2020) Help for a Bitter Heart (S1:E40, 2:37 — September 25, 2020) Is the Bible Worth Opening? (S1:E42, 2:34 — October 2, 2020) |