So You Invited Someone to DPAC. They Came. Now What?
Merry Christmas! I hope that many of you were able to make it to Christmas at DPAC—and what’s more, that you brought some guests with...
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Jun 15, 20175 min read
What I’m Taking Away from SBC 2017
The Southern Baptist Convention’s 2017 Annual Meeting is in the books. As I mentioned earlier this week, I was honored and excited to be...
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Dec 7, 20163 min read
Plumb Line #10: Stay Where You Are, Serve Where You Live, Be the Church in Your Community
In 2005, almost by accident, The Summit Church moved to a multi-site strategy. We made the move because our worship services were full,...
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Oct 26, 20163 min read
Plumb Line #15: The 1 Takes Priority Over The 99
This guest post is brought to you by Jason Gaston, our Family Ministries Pastor. Hardly anyone embodies the passion of “seeking the 1”...
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May 26, 20161 min read
Preaching Like Jesus to the LGBT Community
The narrative our culture puts forward regarding homosexuality is that we have only two options—affirmation or alienation. Sadly, the...
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Apr 25, 20166 min read
Why Aren’t Baptists … Baptizing?
The past few years have been challenging for many Baptist churches. Across the Southern Baptist Convention as a whole, we’ve seen the...
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Apr 18, 20164 min read
You Have Nothin’ To Do But to Look and Live!
Charles Spurgeon has always been a preaching hero of mine. He preached deep, doctrinal sermons, and reached people for Jesus in crazy big...
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Apr 11, 20165 min read
Painting the Invisible Man: An Amazing Story of Grace
Remember the old television show, The Invisible Man? When someone wanted to make the Invisible Man visible, they would pour paint on him....
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Apr 4, 20164 min read
5 Necessary Elements for Creating an Evangelism Ethos
Healthy things tend to grow, so it’s hard to regard a church that is not growing evangelistically as healthy, regardless of whatever else...
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Dec 21, 20153 min read
What If Your Mission Field Is Right in Front of You?
The following post is from Sarah Short, inspired by my message in Carols last weekend. It usually happens after hearing a powerful story...
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Jul 22, 20154 min read
Without This One Thing, Nothing Else Matters
The following is an excerpt from Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send. The book comes out July 28, but if you...
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May 27, 20153 min read
God Gave You the Holy Spirit … For a Reason
This post coincides with a book I’m releasing in August, called Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send. Gaining...
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Jan 12, 20153 min read
Fishermen That Don’t Fish
“Follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” It is tragically easy for those of us in ministry to forget this, to get...
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Jul 30, 20146 min read
How To Engage Non-Believers: 5 Insights
When we think of a traveling preacher addressing a crowd, most of us conjure up an image like UNC’s (in)famous Pit Preacher. He stands up...
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Jul 23, 20143 min read
How to Reach the Three Types of People in Our Community
Acts 16 contains the stories of three people who were unlikely candidates for the growing Christian movement. There must have been dozens...
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Jun 18, 20143 min read
Spurgeon: Keep Up The Prayer Meetings All You Can
The great rain was given in answer to Elijah’s prayers; but not even then the first time he prayed, and we must pray again, and again,...
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Jun 14, 20141 min read
Reading the Bible with Your Non-Believing Friends
There are many non-believing people in our community who think of themselves as religious and are open to having spiritual conversations....
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Nov 25, 20134 min read
5 Secrets to a Bolder Life
Most of us would probably like to be bolder. We read the biblical stories of David and Goliath, or of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, or...
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Nov 11, 20133 min read
Four Elements of a True Gospel Witness
Whenever I read the gospel presentations in the book of Acts, I am struck by four elements of the apostles’ witness—boldness, humility,...
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Oct 15, 20131 min read
Boldness: Saying Something (When Saying Nothing Is Easier)
I got this email today from one of our members. It is always encouraging for me to hear (specifically) how God uses my messages in the...
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