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The Summit Church
Sermon messages from Pastor J.D. Greear and the pastoral team of The Summit Church. The Summit is one church that meets in many locations around Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
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Whatever Happens, I’m Good
True contentment can seem so elusive, especially in a world inundated with ads and influencers, a world designed to teach us that the road to happines...
When Was the Last Time You Felt Happy?
It's tempting to read verses like "Rejoice in the Lord always" and "Do not be anxious about anything" and dismiss them out of hand. They're nice senti...
Time to Grow Up: Maturing in Christ
When we begin following Jesus, we’re much like newborn babies—but just as babies grow and mature, so should we in our walk with Christ. In this week’s...
Résumé for the Good Life
One of the most important parts of applying for a job is presenting an impressive résumé. After all, your résumé is essentially an argument for why yo...
You Can’t Stream Community
It can be easy, particularly in a large church, to slip in and out unnoticed and never truly experience community. But when we do this, we are missing...
Work It Out
The Apostle Paul’s charge to “work out your own salvation” can, at first glance, seem contradictory to the idea that our salvation is something that c...
The Good Life ROI
As Christians, the love that we have received from God is, in the words of hymn writer Frederick Lehman, “greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell...
The Good Death
The book of Philippians is full of paradoxes, one of the most profound being how Paul experiences true freedom even while in chains. His confidence, a...
The Bottom Line to Everything
When we consider some of the great missionaries of the past, whether the Apostle Paul himself or people like Adoniram Judson and William Carey, we oft...
GLP-0
You’d think that someone sitting on the cold stone floor of a Roman jail cell would be the least likely to pen a letter overflowing with joy and grati...
Fade to Black
We’ve all seen shows or movies with unsatisfying endings—the kind that make us question, “Wait, was that really it?” The last chapter of Nehemiah cert...
The Pain You Didn’t See Coming
It's one thing to be on the receiving end of gossip or criticism by a coworker or acquaintance, but to be hurt by someone close to us? That's an entir...
Confession and Renewal
Of all the things required of those who follow Jesus, confession of sin is probably one of the hardest. True confession requires humility and courage—...
God, I’m Saying YES!
This weekend, Pastor Spence Shelton from Mercy Church (Charlotte) shares a message from Jonah 4.
The Water Gate Revival
Depending on which generation you're a part of, the word "revival" may conjure up thoughts of planned, week-long events at church featuring fiery serm...
Who Is Jesus? How the Resurrected Christ Sets Us Free
Easter is a cause for incredible celebration for many reasons, of course. But one of them is that even as astounding as Jesus' miracles of healing wer...
The Greatest Threat to Your Calling
It's hardly surprising that Nehemiah faced opposition in rebuilding the wall. But what is particularly unsettling is that the most dangerous oppositio...
The Devil’s Defensive Line of Discouragement
Every work of God in the world, whether big or small, faces opposition. If we're going to fulfill what God has called us to, persistence may be the mo...
Everybody’s Got a Job
The book of Nehemiah leads us to think a lot about the idea of a calling on our lives. We may think we're too broken or messy to be used by God, but t...
Watch Out!
In this weekend’s message, Pastor Joby Martin from The Church of Eleven22 walks us through part of 1 Corinthians 16, cautioning us to be watchful.
Holy Discontent, Part 2
We've all wondered it: Does God have a special assignment for me, and if so, how do I know if I'm actually accomplishing it? The Bible doesn't record...
Desert Obedience
Time and again, we've seen that God moves through ordinary acts of obedience; we simply have to join him in the work he's already doing. In this week’...
Holy Discontent, Part 1
The Bible is full of stories of God using ordinary people to do amazing things by putting his vision into them, and the book of Nehemiah is no excepti...
Embracing Ambition
Ambition tends to get a bad rap, particularly in Christian circles. Sometimes, that's for good reason. But sometimes, it's simply because we're missin...
Fundamentals, Not Hype
You might expect Paul's final instructions to the Corinthian church to be full of eloquent, stirring rhetoric, designed to hype them up as they faced...
Glitch or Feature?
In Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” a video game character named Vanellope has a frustrating glitch, making her flicker and disappear. It’s a source of sham...
Looking for Help in All the Wrong Places
There are many spiritual battles that we will face in our lives, whether related to our own growth, parenting our children, or seeing someone come to...
Are You Serious...?
It can be tricky to distinguish a real diamond from a fake one, and it requires intentional examination to do so. In much the same way, we don't alway...
Slowly But Surely
In this week's message from 2 Corinthians 3, Pastor Curtis helps us take a closer look at what it means that we are being transformed “from one degree...
Wise Men Still Seek Him
One of the most intriguing elements of the Christmas story is that of the wise men, who see a mysterious star and set out on a journey that ultimately...
The Love of Christ
What drives your life? Whether money, or our children, or the approval of others, we all have something that drives us, even controls us. In this week...
Plastic Sacks and Gucci Bags
The gospel is so beautiful and valuable, yet God chooses to place this great treasure in “jars of clay.” It's almost incomprehensible, really, but it'...
The Wonder of Jesus
When we think about reading Luke 2, our thoughts naturally turn to the story of Jesus’ birth. But what follows is the account of a man named Simeon, a...
Prove Yourself
We've all heard the voice of that inner critic, telling us that we're not enough, that we need to constantly prove ourselves. It's exhausting to try t...
Turn the Cat Around
When we evaluate why many people aren't generous, it's probably not because they're selfish. More likely, they're battling either fear or pride (or ma...
We’re All Nervous When We Talk About Money
Let’s face it: It’s hard to talk about money. But what if we reoriented our perspective on it? In fact, what if we reoriented our entire lives in resp...
Do You Care?
What comes to mind when you think of caring for people? Maybe it’s bringing a meal, writing a note of encouragement, or providing a place to stay for...
The Why of Your Pain
It’s a universal experience: going through suffering but struggling to understand the “why” behind it. In the Apostle Paul’s case, much of the reason...
Hypocrisy: How to Have Wrong Righteousness
A popular criticism often leveled against Christians is that they are hypocrites, meaning that they say one thing but do another. But Jesus addresses...
The Mission of Renewal: 5 Practices
What does a bold, faithful witness to Jesus look like in 2025? After all, we're living in an age where Christianity is increasingly viewed as a proble...