Every Christmas comes the reminder that the Son of God was born unto us. We hear good news of great joy as the promised Savior has finally arrived. This message is regularly conflated to mean that when He came, all of the chaos in our world is somehow suspended and we must jingle-bell our way through every Christmas celebration. The honest truth is that the holidays can often bring more sorrow and chaos than they can peace on earth and good will to men. Pastor John preaches the message that Christ is found not in the absence of our chaos, but that His Spirit indwells us in the midst of it.

Jeremy Cooper wraps up our series in Colossians by inviting us into Paul's final greetings. In answering the question posed by Colossians, "What's better than Jesus?", Paul's final exhortation is to remind Christians to continue fervently in their prayers to Christ and remain wise in their conduct with outsiders, that both their internal and external lives would point to the Majesty of Jesus.

Anyone who follows Jesus will experience persecution from one degree to another. But the Bible makes it clear, there is a cost to following Jesus. Today's lesson from a message to a church in Revelation has much to encouraged the discouraged Christian that suffering is worth the cost.

It is a terrible condition of the heart when it grows cold and unresponsive losing the ability to love God and others. But how does that happen? Is it possible to have right doctrine and yet still grow cold?

Jesus says it is.

As we look at the church of Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-7 today we discover how to have a heart that is aflame with love for God and others.

We discover in Revelation that Jesus is a very different Jesus than we can make Him up to be. The Jesus of the Bible is strong, mighty, holy, reigning king... and gentle. He speaks to the trembling, "Don't be afraid". But He has the power and authority to make His promises complete.

Don't miss this helpful look at who Jesus is and how that helps our lives this week.

We begin our Study into the exciting, and maybe a little scary, book of Revelation. What we begin to discover is how great God really is... and how personal He is! Wonder if God cares about you? He really does! Come see His love for us found in the first couple of verses of Revelation.

God has been at work at Summit Ridge and we are excited to share how He is leading us! We begin to ease into the Book of Revelation today.

When Christ is our life, His peace will rule our hearts, we will live out His message, His presence will permeate our homes, and HIs life will be displayed in our workplaces.

We’ve been bought from the slave market of sin by a kind and good Master who even calls us friends and sons and daughters. Do we insist on wearing the socks of our old slave garments under our new kingly robes? Unpacking Colossians 3:1-17 Put off, put on.

Christ stands millions of miles high and casts a shadow millions of acres wide. Many things point to Him and hold some truth, but all fall short of His excellency. Pastor Jeremy shines light on the shadows Colossians says we may be taken captive by, imparting empathy for those who walk in dark ways.