Cross Section from the Summit View Church of Christ Kevin Jensen

​Sunday Sermon by Ian Bissell, Preaching Intern with the Northwest School of Discipleship — Each of us has been given the gift of a ministry by God. What can we do to engage in that ministry effectively, in spite of dangers both external and internal? We draw from Paul's instructions to Timothy to help us as we serve the Lord. Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-8

​Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Wicked Athaliah placed herself on the throne of Judah, but God worked through two righteous people to rescue the rightful (and infant) king and, a few years later, place him on his throne. That king prospered as he followed the Lord, but when he later turned away from God, God raised up another righteous man to courageously confront the king and the people, calling them to return to God. God continues to work through his people today, when his people trust in him and courageously step out to do the good to which he calls us. Text: 2 Kings 11, 2 Chronicles 24

​Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Why does God wait so long to punish the wicked, especially when they do harm to the innocent and the righteous? God waited years to punish Jezebel and to complete his prophesied judgment against the house of Ahab. He is slow to anger—and yet he also does not leave the guilty unpunished. He gives us time to repent, but he will not wait forever. Text: 2 Kings 9-10

​Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In a moment of crisis, Israel's ungodly King Joram blamed God, but Judah's godly King Jehoshaphat looked to God for help. Because Jehoshaphat was there, the prophet Elisha foretold that God would rescue the kings and their armies and give them victory over the enemy. These events remind us of a principle we find throughout Scripture: God often causes his blessings of the righteous to overflow even to the unrighteous. Text: 2 Kings 3

​Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — King Ahab wanted Naboth's vineyard; Naboth refused to sell. Queen  Jezebel arranged to take the vineyard for Ahab—by having Naboth murdered. God saw and was furious. How does God expect those to whom he has given authority and power to use that power? Ahab and Jezebel abused the power God had given them. God calls us to do better with the influence and authority he gives us. Text: 1 Kings 21

​Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In Israel, the nation's worship of Jeroboam's calf idols resulted in forty years of political chaos. King Ahab brought political stability, but further spiritual decline. So God turned off the rain—the rain that was supposedly provided by Baal, god of Ahab's wife, Queen Jezebel. Three years later, desiring to show mercy to Israel again, God sent the prophet Elijah to challenge Baal to a climactic battle of the gods to prompt Israel to choose which God—Baal or the Lord—they would follow. Text: 1 Kings 18