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How The Summit Church Is Responding to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Updated 6 p.m. March 16, 2020 The following is a copy of the communication we have sent to our members at The Summit Church. We are...
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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Resources on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Concerns surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) are rightfully rising throughout the United States. In response, many organizations are...
Mar 12, 20203 min read
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A United Family in a Divided Society
Reading Romans 16 reminds me of a tradition my family had growing up on New Year’s Day. My mom would cook corned beef and cabbage, which...
Mar 11, 20204 min read
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What Rogue One Teaches Us About God
I’m just going to make my stance clear, once and for all, because I know many people have wondered and speculated about it. I am of the...
Mar 9, 20203 min read
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Evaluating Online Pundits, What Forgiveness Is Not, & Do I Have the Coronavirus?
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 6, 20202 min read
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The Church, Money, and Awkwardness
You know what’s awkward? Talking about money. You know what’s really awkward? When the pastor starts talking about money. Talking about...
Mar 4, 20204 min read
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Five Steps to Help You Find Your Role in the Mission of God
The church has one mission. As Paul puts it in Romans 15:21, our job is to ensure that “… those who have never been told of him will see,...
Mar 2, 20203 min read
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In Praise of the Ordinary Life, the Failure of the American Family, & the World as 100 Christia
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Feb 28, 20202 min read
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God Doesn’t Want a Venmo Relationship With You
My youth pastor growing up encouraged us to offer our lives as “blank checks” to God. When you gave someone a blank check, you signed...
Feb 26, 20204 min read
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We Don’t Serve a God of Scarcity
Are you a saver or a spender? Both kinds of people look to money to provide something absolutely essential for life. Spenders depend on...
Feb 24, 20203 min read
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Kick the Bucket List
One of the conversations I most dreaded having in my life was with my mom during my senior year of college, when I had decided God was...
Feb 19, 20203 min read
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Where Do You Get the Power to Forgive?
For the believer, the way you know you’ve really been released from bitterness is you weep in your enemy’s pain and rejoice in their...
Feb 17, 20203 min read
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America’s Favorite Poison, the Death of Decency, & Valentine’s Envy
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Feb 14, 20203 min read
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Think You Don’t Need a Church to Know Jesus? Think Again.
During the summer at one of our Summit campuses, an Afghan woman—I’ll call her Hadiya—showed up to VBS and, with a very limited...
Feb 12, 20204 min read
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You’re Called to Ministry … But You’re Not Called to Every Ministry
Not everything that comes from heaven has your name on it. While all Christians are called to evangelize, give, serve, and pray (among...
Feb 10, 20204 min read
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The Evils of Prostitution, the Power of Reading Aloud, and Why Every Place Is the Same Now
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Feb 7, 20202 min read
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What It Really Means to Have Our Minds Transformed
This may surprise you, but I’m not an expert on butterflies. I do recall a few key insights from one of my favorite books, The Very...
Feb 5, 20203 min read
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A Loneliness Epidemic, Turn Off Your Notifications, & Tips for Reading the Bible (Even When You
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
Jan 31, 20202 min read
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Beware the Complacency of “Once Saved, Always Saved”
Many cultural Christians think church is a good thing, but they are not committed. They are not involved in any ministry. They don’t...
Jan 29, 20204 min read
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In Suffering, the Unimaginable Is Still True
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...
Jan 27, 20204 min read
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