Ascend Church of Kansas City

Romans 9:14-29 Big Idea:The gospel compels sinners to resist human authority for expectations and definitions and to embrace God's authority. 1. Let's Clarify the Concept of Justice (14) 2. Let's Clarify the Concept of Mercy (15-16) 3. Let's Clarify the Concept of Responsibility (17-19) 4. Let's Clarify the Concept of Promise (20-29)

Romans 9:1-13 Big Idea: Paul's effort to resolve potential contradiction offers both vertical education and personal application! 1. Are You Caring…Like God? (1-3) 2. Are You Connecting…Across Scripture? (4-5) 3. Are You Convinced…About God? (6a) 4. Are You Chosen…by God? (6b-13)

A Melody of Devotion Psalm 103:1-18 Big Idea: A picture of devotion to God can be seen and is demonstrated by praising Him with our whole being, remembering His mercy and forgiveness, trusting in His steadfast love, and then living out His covenant in obedience. 1. Pt 1: Devotion means: Praising God with Your Whole Being (1 – 2) 2. Pt 2: Devotion means: Remembering God's Mercy and Forgiveness (3 – 10) 3. Pt 3: Devotion means: Trusting in God's Steadfast Love (11 – 16) 4. Pt 4: Devotion means: Living Out God's Covenant in Obedience (17-18)

Big Idea: The love foretold of the root of Jesse becomes the model of and path to enjoy true love!

The Unexpected Journey of Peace Isaiah 9:6-7 Big Idea: The peace promised and delivered by the prophesied child is unexpected but perfect! 1. Peace Comes in Unexpected Forms (6a) 2. Peace Comes in Unexpected Functions (6b) 3. Peace Comes in Unexpected Framework (6c) 4. Peace Comes in Unexpected Fulfillments (7)

The Unexpected Journey of Hope Isaiah 8:11-9:5 Big Idea:The tensions of life are an opportunity for unexpected joy! 1. Blown by Conspiracy or Anchored in Worship? (8:11-15) 2. Seeking Opinions or Searching the Scriptures? (8:16-20) 3. Darkness of Circumstances or Illuminated by Gospel? (8:21-9:2) 4. Instability of the Present or Settled in Theology? (9:3-5)

The Unexpected Journey of Hope Isaiah 7:1-17 Big Idea: The events of the prophecy of Immanuel provide an unexpected opportunity to recalibrate our hope! 1. Where is Your Source of Hope? (1-6) 2. What is Your Standard of Hope? (7-9) 3. What is Your Supposition of Hope? (10-17) 4. What is Your Shift of Hope? (8:10)

Romans 8:31-38 Big Idea: The Spirit teaches, grants understanding, and empowers living out the gospel until we enjoy its ultimate completion!

HOPE: The Spirit's Guarantee Romans 8:28-30 Big Idea: The Spirit ensures God's tool of suffering accomplishes His "why, what, and how"! 1. He Has a Guaranteed Purpose (28) 2. He Has a Guaranteed Plan (29) 3. He Has a Guaranteed Process (30)

Romans 8:18-27 Big Idea: The Spirit's lenses move suffering into the category of hope! 1. Do You See the Treasure of Future Glory? (18-21) 2. Do You See the Solidarity with Creation and the Spirit? (22-23) 3. Do You See the Hope Generated Through Suffering? (24-27)

HOPE: The Spirit Activates… Romans 8:9-17 Big Idea:The Spirit provides exactly what we need for victory in this life and the guarantee of eternal life! 1. Access (9-10a) 2. Agency (10b-14) 3. Adoption (15) 4. Assurance (16-17)

Big Idea: Genuine devotion to Jesus moves us toward Him through prayer and then for Him on mission. Colossians 4:2-4 Two Movements of Devotion to Prayer 1. Devotion Moves Us Into God's Presence (2) 2. Prayer Moves The Word Out The Door (3-4)

Big Idea: The work of the Spirit is enough to save us, sustain us, and seal us! 1. The Spirit Delivers… (1-2) 2. By the Completed Work of Christ… (3) 3. Fulfilling the Law's Requirement in Us… (4) 4. Resulting in Patterns of Life that Affirm the Hope Caused by the Spirit (5-8)

Freedom: Redefining Wrestle Romans 7:13-25 Big Idea: The gospel causes the believer to walk with a limp as our new nature wrestles with our imperfection. The Wrestle is Good (13) The Wrestle is Evidence (14-17) The Wrestle is Law (18-21) The Wrestle is Ongoing (22-25)

Big Idea: God's design for law is to reveal our enslavement to our sin and to awaken our desire for the solution of Christ!

Big Idea: Using the "deep knee bend" of slavery, Paul gives us our bearings so we can live lives of gospel freedom!

Big Idea: True freedom must be first understood accurately so that it can be applied faithfully and enjoyed fully! 1. Freedom's Temptation (1) 2. Freedom's Truth (2-4) 3. Freedom's Terms (5-9) 4. Freedom's Tactics (10-11)

Big Idea: The local church continues to offer the best environment to thrive as a disciple of Christ...how are you engaging?

The Enduring Rock Psalm 72:1-19 Big Idea: David's longing has been fulfilled in Christ and is our enduring Rock! 1. We Have Enduring Rules (1-4) 2. We Have Enduring Residuals (5-7) 4. We Have Enduring Royalty (8-14) 4. We Have Enduring Resolve (15-19)

Big Idea: Vertical worship rekindles our hearts for God's glory.

The Rock of Already But Not Yet Psalm 65 Big Idea: Recalibrating to understand that this life only provides a "taste" allows us to enjoy and anticipate! 1. Deep Presence (1-4) 2. Decisive Preservation (5-8) 3. Definitive Provision (9-13)

Big Idea: Gospel repentance is the only path to overcoming the radioactive waste of sin!

Big Idea: Every moment of life includes the threat of loss, but the story of hope and confidence is ours if we belong to the Author! 1. The Narrator: Let's Recount Truth (1-3) 2. The Crisis: Let's Recognize Reality (4-6a) 3. The Response: Let's Resolve Worship (6b-10) 4. The Revelation: Let's Remember Perspective (11-14)

Big Idea: The goal of the classroom of life is the friendship of the Lord in every and all circumstances.

Big Idea: Find your purpose…by seeing and savoring the King of kings in all areas of your life 1. Remember the King's Entitlement… (1-2) 2. So That You Respond to the King's Expectations (3-6) So That You Rejoice in the King's Entrance (7-10)

Big Idea: In the stillness, we declare: God is enough.

Join Me in Celebrating… the Creator! (1-6) Join Me in Cherishing… the Curriculum! (7-9) Join Me in Cultivating… the Crops! (10-14)

Big Idea: Consistently counseling the gospel to yourself and others will ensure you see Christ as your greatest treasure...no matter your circumstances!

Big Idea: The rock of gospel perspective anchors our processing of pain! 1. Move Toward God (1) 2. Be Honest With God (2-11) 3. Call Out to God (12-15) 4. Resolve In God (16-18)

A TULIP for Fathers…and Everyone Selected Scriptures Big Idea: The Doctrines of Grace provide a framework to grow our awe and affection for Christ while motivating us daily with humility and gratitude for the role of the gospel in our lives! 1. Total Depravity 2. Unconditional Election 3. Limited Atonement 4. Irresistible Grace 5. Perseverance of the Saints

Rooted and Resolved: Standing Firm in a Shifting World Nathan Scroggins Colossians 2:6-8 Walking Daily with Jesus as You have Received Him (v.6) Remain Rooted, Built Up, and Established (v.7) Guard Your Mind & Heart Against Spiritual Drift (v.8) Resolved to finish Well with Jesus (v.8)

Big Idea: Faith establishes the standards by which you can answer the question, "Who Am I?"

Big Idea: Faith empowers us to boast in the tensions of the gospel rather than run away from them!

Faith empowers the anchoring of our hope in God rather than the outcomes!

Understanding faith from God's principles enables us to live a true life of faith.

Big Idea: The vast darkness of our sin is pierced by the light of freedom offered through Christ.

The Resurrection is the exclamation point to the true hope and help offered to every sinner!

Big Idea: Palm Sunday uniquely presents Shaddai to move our lenses back, then up, and finally forward to ensure that we embrace, follow, and reflect Him in all areas of our life!

The Valley of Sin invites us to let even the most minute defense of our souls go so that we can be ready to listen to, understand, and respond to our only hope!

The topics of sin and God's judgment offer answers to age-old questions as well as invite us to ask more questions!

The necessary thing in the "busy" is to abide in Jesus Christ.

Sin, biblically evaluated, is designed to move you through the gospel courtroom!

The "how" of our worship and devotion to God should never be prioritized over the heart.

The Edenic Consummation of the King's Covenant with His Bride

Left to ourselves, we refuse the design of the Creator and are left eternally condemned, requiring the intervention of the gift of faith!

We are a holy family called to loving one another wholeheartedly as those anchored by the enduring Word in a fading world.

Those who have truly experienced the depths of unconditional forgiveness will extend it to others

Faith magnetizes sinners toward obligation that is motivated by gospeleagerness!