Summit Life with J.D. Greear

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By No Means, Part 2 May 08, 2025

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If there’s one aspect of God’s character that most people wish they could erase from the Bible, it’s God’s wrath. In fact, the doctrine of hell is one of the most common answers people give when asked why they don’t believe in God. But as we continue our powerful series called The Name, Pastor J.D. explains that God’s wrath isn’t just something we need to accept; it’s actually a fact we can, and should, rejoice in!

By No Means May 07, 2025

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Thomas Jefferson once famously took a razor blade to his Bible and cut out the parts he disliked. And while most of us haven’t literally chopped up our Bibles in that way, we often cut out certain passages in our minds, skipping past uncomfortable verses that talk about God’s wrath and the punishment for sin. But Pastor J.D. explains that the wrath of God isn’t a demeaning doctrine to be ignored. It’s a glorious reality!

Abounding in Love, Part 2 May 06, 2025

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Verses about God’s love, like John 3:16, tend to get repeated and memorized. They stir up warm, sentimental feelings and make us feel good about ourselves. But in this message, Pastor J.D. explains that God’s love has nothing to do with our worthiness or loveliness. It’s all about God’s compassion.

Abounding in Love May 05, 2025

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Have you ever wondered why so many movies, books, and songs are focused on romance? It’s because every one of us, in the deepest corners of our hearts, longs to feel loved and cherished. But if we’re honest with ourselves, we also know that we don’t deserve that kind of unconditional love. We know that eventually, we’ll fail everyone: our spouse, our family, and even God. And God knows all this, so why does he continue to love and pursue us? Pastor J.D. answers that question on this edition of Summit Life.

Holy and Awesome, Part 2 May 02, 2025

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If you want to get to know someone, the first thing you do is introduce yourself, because knowing someone’s name is an important part of your relationship with him or her. And you’re never going to feel very close with someone if they always call you by the wrong name. So in this series, Pastor J.D. is helping us know God personally by knowing his name.

Holy and Awesome May 01, 2025

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What do you think God’s most appealing attribute is? If you’re like most people, you’re probably attracted to his love and kindness, and you gravitate to verses that describe him as our Father and our shepherd. And God is definitely all of those things! But Pastor J.D. reminds us that God is so much more than just loving and kind. And if you really want to know God, you have to know everything about him, not just the parts that are appealing. So on this edition of Summit Life, we’re gaining a bigger view of God.

His Presence is in His Name, Part 2 Apr 30, 2025

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What is the presence of God like? Is it just a warm, fuzzy feeling, or an emotional worship encounter? For something we all want to experience, why can it seem so elusive? On this edition of Summit Life, Pastor J.D. takes us back to Moses’ encounter with God on Mount Zion. We’ll see how the presence of God changed Moses’ goals and desires forever. And it will change us, too.

His Presence is in His Name Apr 29, 2025

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Some people imagine God as an absentee “watchmaker in the sky” who set the world in motion and then stepped away. They think he’s probably out there, but there’s no way to know what he’s like. Others think of God as an unknown, impersonal force, without thoughts or emotions. But on this edition of Summit Life, Pastor J.D. kicks off a brand new series that’s all about knowing God intimately. He titled this series, The Name.

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Part 2 Apr 28, 2025

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Like the disciples, we want to know the “how” and “what” of the Christian life. Pastor J.D. helps us see in this message that the Christian life, from start to finish, is a relationship with Jesus. Whatever you need, whatever you lack, wherever you are incomplete or broken, whatever you are missing in yourself or didn’t get from someone else, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life Apr 25, 2025

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These days, it’s not exactly popular to claim the existence of absolute truth. It’s even less popular to claim that such truth is embodied in the person of Jesus, the one who is the only way to salvation. In this week’s message from John 14, Pastor J.D. shows us the importance of what is perhaps Jesus’ most controversial “I am” statement: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” Yet, this statement isn’t primarily about a set of principles to live by, or even having the correct answers to every theological question. Instead, it’s about truly knowing and having a relationship with the Savior of the world.

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