I recently read Dallas Willard’s Life Without Lack, his last book, written posthumously based on a series of lectures he gave just before...

As Paul closes the book of 1 Corinthians, he summarizes everything he’s taught with five commands—be alert, stand firm in the faith, be...

Many cultural Christians think church is a good thing, but they are not committed. They are not involved in any ministry. They don’t...

A friend of mine was diagnosed with a very serious and deadly form of cancer. It looks like it may rob him of some of the best years of...

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 churches!)...

Joy is not something that comes naturally. In fact, it is a choice. We have to choose along the way to rejoice: “We also rejoice …...

When I graduated high school, there was a girl that I had gone out with a few times, but we hadn’t had that DTR  (“define the...

I often get the question, “How were people saved in the Old Testament?” To answer this question, I usually follow the Apostle Paul’s...

When God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation, there were a lot of discouraging things Abraham could have thought about...

Many years ago at The Summit Church, there was a group of people who said, “Jesus and his mission will be first.” That was expressed in...

In Galatians 3, Paul compares the salvation process to the experience of Abraham: “… just like Abraham who believed God, and it was...

Almost all of our spiritual problems—things like doubt, apathy, unhappiness, and insecurity—come from a view of God that is too small....

When my third daughter, Ryah, turned 1, I took her to the doctor for a round of shots. (Veronica had taken the first two girls on her...

Paul’s great summary of the gospel is laid out in Ephesians 2:8-10: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your...