Bible Teachings from Summit Northwest Ministries

We don't battle demons like they did in Bible times. ... At least not usually. So why even talk about it? Or do we battle demons ... in different ways? Or do the demons just appear to be different, but we battle them in the same way ... find out a sure fire way to push back the darkness ...

If you want to love Jesus, love people. Not just the people closest to you, love the people Jesus loves, which is everybody, yes, those closest to you, but also the outcasts, the ones with leprosy, figuratively and literally, the homeless, the marginalized, the unlovely,...

Face it, a lot of what is written in the Bible is weird. Stuff that is written about Jesus is ... weird. But what if ... instead of trying to figure out who is right, or what the right way is to understand it ... what if we entered into the weirdness to see what it has to say about a loving God who is beyond our ability to comprehend.

What if when people heard the word Christian, instead of thinking judgmental or proud or something like that, they just thought joyful? People who are able to laugh at themselves. People that were fun to be around. People that gave energy rather than sucking the life out of you. What if when people thought of church that is what they thought?

We tend to think that we'll be sadder when we give things away and happier when we get things. Find out what Science and Scripture have to say about that.This is probably the least manipulative sermon you'll ever hear on giving, because it is not about giving more, but about increasing your joy.

We often consider giving thanks after having received a gift, but the truth of matter is that Giving thanks, an attitude of gratitude is a gift in and of itself. We give thanks at Thanksgiving time, but really, it's the gift that keeps on giving. Find out why living thanks is as important as giving thanks.

God has designed you to be plugged in to other people. He made you that way. God never intended us to be alone. Find out how science and the latest psychological studies prove this is just as true today as it was back when Jesus created this earth.

Joyful people aren't lazy about joy. Joyful people aren't necessarily prone to be more happy than others, but often they are just more intentional about seeking joy. In this sermon you'll find out how you, too, can be more intentional about not only having more joy, but about livingGod's abundant life. You, too, can have more of God's joy for your life.

God wants you to be happy. Not just happy, He wants you to be full of joy! He really does. That is why he made this earth and why he came to die.This episode looks at practical ways God helps us to live the life of joy He desperately wants each of us to live.

The Lord's Supper ... we practice it so often it hardly means anything. But consider this. You have been called. You have been invited ... to a supper celebrating the King of the Universe. That is high honor for the likes of you and me.