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Obstacle To Obedience #1 – Not Recognizing “The Call”
This is the second of a six-part blog series on “obstacles to obedience,” reasons we tell God, “No.” This comes to you courtesy of Ryan...
Aug 4, 20143 min read
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An Honest Conversation About Telling God, “No”
This is the first of a six-part blog series on “obstacles to obedience,” reasons we tell God, “No.” This comes to you courtesy of Ryan...
Aug 1, 20143 min read
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Reaching the Nations through Our Cities
I ran across an insightful article this week by Chris Clayman, “Reaching the Nations through Our Cities.” Clayman isn’t trying to siphon...
Jun 30, 20142 min read
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Business Brings Blessing to a Community
I’m encouraged by the growing movement to use business as a way to gain access to unreached parts of the world. For many businessmen and...
Jun 23, 20142 min read
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When College Students Catch a Vision for “Sending”
A week ago we commissioned a whole slew of our college students (cheerfully pictured above) for the summer to various places around the...
Jun 9, 20141 min read
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Ted Talks from Gospel at Work
Henry Kaestner, “Work and Leadership” Bob Doll, “Work and Wisdom” Albert Mohler, “Work and Culture” For the rest of the Gospel at Work...
May 13, 20141 min read
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Gaining by Losing: Sending Out Some of Our Best to Plant Churches
A few weeks ago, I sat at a table with our four church planting leaders, listening to them address our team as they prepared to be sent...
Apr 29, 20141 min read
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In Defense of Short-Term Mission Trips
One of the most curious things about the book of Acts is how Luke goes out of his way to show his readers the gospel spread around the...
Apr 21, 20144 min read
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Does God Care About Your Job?
Check out the rest of the Gospel at Work talks here. #Missions
Apr 14, 20141 min read
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Gospel at Work Panel: Al Mohler, Bob Doll, Henry Kaestner, & Mike Lee
See here for the rest of the talks from our Gospel at Work conference. #Missions
Mar 24, 20141 min read
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How Can We Plant 1,000 Churches by 2050?
If you’ve been around the Summit any length of time, you’ve heard our vision of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. When I first floated the...
Mar 5, 20143 min read
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Summit Church, You Are Sent!
Summit, this weekend I challenged you to personally commit to the cause of missions. I was blown away by your response. I asked our...
Feb 25, 20141 min read
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Plumb Line #2: Not Just Seating Capacity, But Sending Capacity
Plumb lines are a series of short, pithy statements that we, at the Summit, use as rallying points for our staff. They are a way to...
Feb 11, 20143 min read
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College Students: You Need to GO NOW
If you are in college and a part of the Summit, I implore you to take advantage of the many “Go Now” initiatives we’re offering this...
Jan 30, 20141 min read
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Can You Worship While You Work?
This is a modified re-post from a couple of years ago–surprisingly one of the most popular posts ever on this site. As a last-minute...
Jan 28, 20149 min read
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The Doctrine of Hell
This is the first of a five-part series on the doctrine of hell. Click here for the rest of the series: Part 2 (Apologetic Problems),...
Jan 13, 20146 min read
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A Letter from Jim Elliot to His Parents
Jim Elliot, who died as a martyr on the beaches of Ecuador (58 years ago today), to his parents when he told them he was going: “I do not...
Jan 8, 20141 min read
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Will We Be Faithful … If It Costs Us the Life of Our Friends?
During a recent Summit staff meeting we had Kevin Peck, the lead pastor from Austin Stone, visit us to share about the death of Ronnie...
Jan 6, 20142 min read
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An Open Letter from the Widow of Ronnie Smith to the Libyan People
From CBS News, this is a tremendously moving response to the murder of her husband: My husband and best friend Ronnie Smith loved the...
Dec 19, 20133 min read
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New Disciples Making Disciples: the Exponential Power of Reproduction
If you were given the option of receiving 10,000 pennies a day for a month or 1 penny on day one, and double the number each successive...
Dec 16, 20131 min read
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