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Five Ways to Think About Witnessing
“Sent people” understand that they are in their profession, their neighborhood, or even a meeting room next to a certain person for a...
Oct 10, 20223 min read
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How to Live Sent: Ask, “What Do I See?”
This post was inspired by Heather Holleman and Ashley Holleman’s book, SENT: Living a Life That Invites Others to Jesus. “Sent” people...
Sep 12, 20223 min read
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Is Jesus’ Mission Your Mission?
Jesus is not after passive surrender. The cross was his instrument of world salvation, so to take it up means actively devoting your life...
May 3, 20214 min read
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Kick the Bucket List
One of the conversations I most dreaded having in my life was with my mom during my senior year of college, when I had decided God was...
Feb 19, 20203 min read
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Urban Apologetics: As Culture Evolves, So Does Our Approach
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
Aug 19, 20194 min read
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Praying for Survivors of Mass Shootings, This Racist Evil Age, & Religious Liberty in the U.S.
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Aug 9, 20192 min read
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Three Ways to Live as Gentle Aggressors
Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...
Jul 8, 20194 min read
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Four Reasons People Are Ashamed of the Gospel
What is it about the gospel that tempts people to feel ashamed? Even the Apostle Paul indicated that some people are going to feel this...
May 22, 20193 min read
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A Better To-do List, Lies About Singleness, & 101 Ways to Share the Gospel
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
May 17, 20192 min read
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God and Sexual Assault, “Girl, Get Some Footnotes,” & the Greatest Pro-life Speech
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Mar 8, 20193 min read
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Using Google to Share the Gospel
Jews in Jesus’ day had a hard time understanding how Gentiles could be saved. Gentiles were so bad. They were the historic oppressors....
Feb 13, 20193 min read
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How to Read in 2019, When Christian Authors Are (Subtly) Unbiblical, & Taking a Break from the
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Jan 11, 20192 min read
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Vladimir Putin, Pastoral Burnout, & Escaping the Christian Bubble
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Jul 20, 20182 min read
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When You Ignore Christians in Need, Jesus Takes It Personally
When Jesus says in Matthew 25:40, “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these...
May 31, 20184 min read
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Summit Worship, Fighting for Life in “A Quiet Place,” and Effective Ways to Share Your F
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Apr 13, 20182 min read
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Who’s Your One? Recovering the Primacy of Personal Evangelism
Intentional evangelism has always been a defining characteristic of Southern Baptist mission—and rightly so, because evangelism is the...
Mar 26, 20189 min read
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From the Vault: Easter Is for Evangelism
Here at the Summit, we’re praying that God would use the upcoming Easter holiday to further exalt the name of Jesus, so that hundreds...
Mar 21, 20182 min read
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Billy Graham’s Ministry in Four Words
Billy Graham, the most influential evangelist of our time, passed away earlier today at the age of 99. In the days to come, I look...
Feb 21, 20185 min read
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Confirmation Bias Is a Sin Problem, Deconversion Stories, & Teach Boys to Respect Women
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Feb 16, 20183 min read
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Why I’m Accepting the Nomination for SBC President
Two years ago, I accepted the counsel of several friends and mentors to have my name placed in nomination for the presidency of the...
Jan 30, 20185 min read
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