Ascend Church of Kansas City

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!

Faith sets us apart for unnatural roles in a most satisfying story!

The details of the birth of the Sufficient Savior provide the template for experiencing Sufficient Peace.

The Sufficient Savior provides the possibility of sufficient joy no matter what our circumstances...seriously!

The foundation for Christmas is a robust view of Christ that recognizes His sufficiency and responds accordingly.

Despite the glitter of personal comfort, the gospel compels us to the true path of hope: accountability to God's design.

Peering behind-the-scenes of the gospel empowers us to better appreciate and verify that we have been truly saved!

Paul uses his last words to remind the church of their resources and roles for living a life of true hope!

The day of the Lord for those who are of the "day" leans them away from the details of timing toward their intentional living each "day" of their lives!

Many of the derailing responses to life can be avoided by using the gift of understanding life from God's perspective-

Many of the derailing responses to life can be avoided by using the gift of understanding life from God's perspective!

The theme of -hope- requires a recalibration so that understand and apply with the right expectations-

The theme of "hope" requires a recalibration so that understand and apply with the right expectations!

The conclusion of the Book of the Twelve equips the people of God with the tools and motivation to ensure that the life cycle of worship is sustained until the end-

The conclusion of the Book of the Twelve equips the people of God with the tools and motivation to ensure that the life cycle of worship is sustained until the end!

The themes of Temple and Holy City converge on -the Branch- to provide the framework for the people of God to thrive in their own era of redemptive history-

The themes of Temple and Holy City converge on "the Branch" to provide the framework for the people of God to thrive in their own era of redemptive history!

The role of church in the life of a believer is as natural as breathing-when understood right side up-

The role of church in the life of a believer is as natural as breathingwhen understood right side up!

Understanding and demonstrating authentic worship reveals the-authenticity of our claim to be the people of God-

Understanding and demonstrating authentic worship reveals theauthenticity of our claim to be the people of God!

God's story provides the framework for you to evaluate your own spiritual condition and to also process the events of the world around you-

God's story provides the framework for you to evaluate your own spiritual condition and to also process the events of the world around you!

The -mysteries- of life are intended to move us toward faith which-results in unshakable joy-

The -mysteries- of life are intended to move us toward faith which-results in unshakable joy-

The "mysteries" of life are intended to move us toward faith whichresults in unshakable joy!

The Lord's character is revealed in what He does, often a paradox-when evaluated with the standard of His Word-

The Lord's character is revealed in what He does, often a paradox-when evaluated with the standard of His Word-

The Lord's character is revealed in what He does, often a paradoxwhen evaluated with the standard of His Word!

The Shepherd leads His people from seeing their sin through-judgment to the hope of Salvation through repentance.