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How to Pray (Part 2): “Hallowed Be Your Name”
This is the second of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss yesterday’s (“Our Father”), and be sure to come back throughout...
Dec 4, 20184 min read
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How to Pray (Part 1): “Our Father”
This is the first of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Come back throughout the week for the rest! We’ve got issues when it comes...
Dec 3, 20184 min read
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How to Pray the Bible
This guest post comes from Jonathan Welch, the managing director of The Summit Institute (TSI) and one of the masterminds behind the...
Oct 10, 20184 min read
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Ministry Mistakes, When Not to Weigh in, & Praying for a Wayward Child
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 17, 20183 min read
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Discipling Families in a Multi-Ethnic Lifestyle
This guest post comes from Blair Waggett, the Kids Director at our Chapel Hill campus. At the encouragement of several of our African...
May 21, 20187 min read
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Five Reasons God May Not Be Answering Your Prayers
Every Christian I know struggles with the reality of unanswered prayer. If you don’t, then either (1) you’ve been a Christian for about...
May 16, 20184 min read
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Does Prayer Change God’s Mind?
After the Israelites responded to God’s faithfulness in delivering them from Egypt by making a golden statue to worship and having an...
May 7, 20185 min read
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A Man’s Place Is in the Home, Bible Contradictions, & Poetry for the Pro-Life Cause
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 9, 20183 min read
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Pray Trustingly
This is the last of a five-part series on how God invites us to pray. Be sure to check out the previous four posts here: “Why Do We Find...
Feb 9, 20183 min read
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Pray Persistently
This is the fourth of a five-part series on how God invites us to pray. Check out the previous posts (“Why Do We Find It So Difficult to...
Feb 8, 20184 min read
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Pray Boldly
This is the third of a five-part series on how God invites us to pray. Don’t miss the previous posts (“Why Do We Find It So Difficult to...
Feb 7, 20184 min read
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Pray Desperately
This is the second of a five-part series on how God invites us to pray. Don’t miss yesterday’s post (“Why Do We Find It So Difficult to...
Feb 6, 20184 min read
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Why Do We Find It So Difficult to Pray?
This is the first of a five-part series on how God invites us to pray. Check back in throughout the week for the remaining four posts. I...
Feb 5, 20184 min read
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Three Ways to Pray
Every time I go back to re-read Paul Miller’s book, A Praying Life, I come away with fresh inspiration to pray and helpful tools to equip...
Jan 29, 20184 min read
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When the Church Prays: What in the World Is the Summit’s “Boiler Room”?
This guest post comes from Sarah Short, one of our more passionate Summit members. (May her tribe increase!) We left our house at 8:15...
Jan 22, 20184 min read
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Four Articles to Jump-start Your Prayer Life in 2018
Here at the Summit, our pastoral team has put forward a vision for 2018 as The Year of Prayer. We’re excited to see what God will do in...
Jan 10, 20182 min read
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Our Golden Nuggets of 2017
It’s always a fun and informative exercise to look at the most popular posts on Pastor J.D.’s blog and learn some interesting facts. For...
Jan 3, 20184 min read
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Wisdom Means Praying God’s Promises
Have you ever noticed how some people say, “God” a lot when they pray? It goes something like this—“God, I just want to thank you, God,...
Nov 8, 20173 min read
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Six Secrets That Will Transform the Way You Pray
Do you remember anything about your college commencement address? Stop for a moment and try. Do you remember what it was about? Any...
Oct 25, 20175 min read
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Pray Like You Know the God That Can Shake the Earth
This guest post comes to you courtesy of Amy Kavanaugh, the project manager for the Summit’s creative team. She shared this with several...
Sep 12, 20173 min read
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