When I moved into my former house, one of the first things my dad pointed out was that my neighbor had planted Bermuda grass. I thought,...

In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul rebukes the church in Corinth for neglecting to discipline those among them who were still stubbornly, willfully...

When the famous Maasai warriors in Kenya notice the sheep they are tending are suddenly skittish and that a patch of grass isn’t swaying...

Less than two months after Jesus had died on the cross and resurrected from the dead, the Spirit that Jesus had promised to his disciples...

Never, ever take vengeance unto yourself. Never get up into the Judge’s chair. Don’t ever take vengeance—not against your spouse who was...

Trying to tame sin rather than killing it is as silly as people making pets out of predatory animals. I once read an article with the...

I recently finished an excellent book by Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin called Extreme Ownership. The authors asked the...

The religious life sometimes feels like trying to hold a beach ball underwater. Joby Martin says we are constantly fighting to keep our...

When Pastor Joby Martin moved to Jacksonville, Florida, one of the first invitations he got was to the local greyhound racing track. The...

Pastor Tony Evans tells the story of a guy who visited his nutritionist and says, “I need some help changing my diet. Every time I go by...

Kids come out of the womb like the seagulls from Finding Nemo, going, “Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine! Mine! MINE!” I’ll bet your 2-year-old has...

Historically, we in the church haven’t done a great job in conversations about homosexuality, and we’ve done an even worse job caring for...

Many people think that if Jesus paid it all, we now have this divine Visa card with an unlimited balance. We can just flash it whenever...

There are a number of more liberal theologians today who buck against the idea that Jesus’ death on the cross was a necessary payment for...

The fourth-century philosopher St. Augustine wasn’t raised as a Christian, and he ran with a pretty sketchy crowd as a teen. They...

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...

Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...

One of my favorite books is the Select Letters of John Newton. Newton is most famous for writing “Amazing Grace,” but he also pastored a...

Imagine you were sick with the flu and I gave you this set of rules: Thou shalt not run a temperature, have the chills, sneeze, have a...

Shortly before film director Sydney Pollack died in 2008, an article about him explained that as he was sick and dying, he couldn’t stop...