3 Truths Christians Must Fight to Remember
Throughout Scripture, God’s people are told to remember. This may seem odd if you look closely at when God says it. For instance, all...
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Jun 27, 20162 min read
Plumb Lines for The Summit Church
This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. –Amos 7:7...
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Jun 24, 20162 min read
W4YW: Rape Culture, Two Facebooks, & Humble Leaders
Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Conference Resource of the...
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Jun 22, 20163 min read
How Pastor J.D. Reads a Book
Years ago (in 1940, to be exact), Mortimer Adler wrote a classic book with a title that seemed like a joke: How to Read a Book. But the...
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Jun 20, 20161 min read
Big Moments from St. Louis & SBC 2016
Every year, the SBC annual meeting produces a number of “moments” that stick in people’s minds. Depending on the tone and content of...
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Jun 17, 20163 min read
W4YS (Wisdom For Your Summer): Best Books of 2016
If you’re looking for some summer reading (and you should be), here is my list of books I’ve read in the last 6 months that I would...
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Jun 15, 20162 min read
Why I Am Voting for Steve Gaines as President of the SBC
Yesterday the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention voted for president of the SBC. And then, because it was too close to call,...
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Jun 13, 20161 min read
How You Can Pray for My Family During Our Extended Mission Trip
When God called me to be a pastor, he did so by first calling me to the mission field. I spent the first two years of my ministry as a...
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Jun 12, 20161 min read
What Happens When College Students Put Their “Yes” on the Table
One of the big prayers we have at the Summit is that God would raise up our students to help fulfill the Great Commission. We...
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Jun 10, 20161 min read
Meet Me in St. Louis! #SBC2016
In a little over a day, I’ll be headed to St. Louis for this year’s Annual Meeting of the SBC. I always look forward to attending the...
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Jun 8, 20163 min read
Lottie Moon – A Cause for Celebration & A Call to Action
This week, the International Mission Board announced that the 2015 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (the IMB’s primary source of funding)...
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Jun 7, 20169 min read
How Can We Reverse Our Downward Trend of Baptisms?
Just today, the SBC’s Annual Church Profile (ACP) was released, and many of the statistics are troubling. Attendance throughout our...
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Jun 3, 20163 min read
W4YW: Digital Detox, Rebuilding Trust after Adultery, & Your Summer Reading
Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Infographic of the Week Who...
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Jun 1, 20166 min read
Brother Bill & 43 Years of Faithfulness
A couple weeks ago, Bill Ricketts announced his retirement from Prince Avenue Baptist Church (PABC) in Athens, GA. You may be wondering,...
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May 30, 20161 min read
We Want to Add; God Wants to Multiply
We were honored (and more than a little surprised) to be used as a case study during the Exponential East conference earlier this year,...
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May 27, 20162 min read
W4YW: Mission as Worship, Seeking God’s Will, & #GiveElsaAGirlfriend
Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Blog of the Week Conventional...
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May 26, 20161 min read
Preaching Like Jesus to the LGBT Community
The narrative our culture puts forward regarding homosexuality is that we have only two options—affirmation or alienation. Sadly, the...
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May 24, 20165 min read
How Do You Measure Up Against The 10 Commandments?
Ask the average person off the street to mention what they know about the Bible, and chances are pretty high you’ll hear something about...
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May 23, 20161 min read
Lorraine’s Story: “I’m Not That Person Anymore”
I pray that we at the Summit will never forget that people are the mission. People like Lorraine, who for the first time in her life,...
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May 20, 20163 min read
W4YW: The Bathroom Debate, Liberal Intolerance, & Why Porn Kills Sex
Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Articles of the Week Hillary,...
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