Yesterday was our final “At the Movies” message, and I hope everyone walks away this week with a deeper understanding of the Bible! During this last message, we explored how the concepts in Miracle on 34th Street relate to what the Bible says about faith. We see a young girl, Susan, putting up with Christmas rather […]
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Earlier this week I talked about the importance of all emotions and how the movie Inside Out reveals this importance. But do you ever try to distance yourself from the world of emotions? This sometimes happens when emotions become overwhelming—people would rather not deal with them at all. For some men, they were raised to believe […]
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This was our third “At the Movies” Sunday! We took a look at Pixar’s Inside Out and the power emotions have in our lives. For anyone who hasn’t seen this movie, it’s an animated story about the emotions (portrayed as characters) that live inside of a young girl named Riley—Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. […]
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As we continued our “At the Movies” series this weekend, we examined the movie Lion. This movie is based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, a young boy born in an impoverished village in India. Saroo was tragically displaced from his family as a young boy while working with his brother. After surviving alone […]
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Earlier this week I examined Barnum’s life in The Greatest Showman. Like all of us, his life is a combination of success and failure. He is driven by dreams and aspirations, but is at the same time driven by the need to “measure up.” His father-in-law (the same man who mistreats him when he’s child), […]
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As we read the Bible, we see that Jesus communicated mostly through stories, referred to as parables. We just started our “At the Movies” series and are going to do something similar by examining the biblical truths found in movies. We highlighted The Greatest Showman this past Sunday! What it taught us is that life […]
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Yesterday, I talked about the significance of water baptism. While the significance of baptism may be clear to you, are you still struggling with this next step? A lot of people make the mistake of waiting until they feel worthy to be baptized, thinking, “Well, I’d like to be baptized, but I want to have […]
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This Sunday was our water baptism Sunday! It’s interesting how some of the biggest and best opportunities in life come when least expected. Ever notice that? And a lot of the time, the biggest and best things happen because of simple steps. Baptism is the first step someone should take after becoming a Christian. Why? […]
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As I look back on Pastor Ernie’s message from this past Sunday, I’m struck by the wisdom he gave us in the latter part of his message. After shaking us up and helping us realize that we’re all in a spiritual war, he gave us steps to overcoming the war. He first asked us, “In […]
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Summit was honored to have Pastor Ernie Frey, one of my overseers, speak this Sunday. He brought a powerful word and challenged the church to examine individual, spiritual health. Galations 5:16 tells us, “So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” But how many of us […]
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