Let Jesus Turn Your Grave Into a Garden
Our sin, Scripture says, has not only put a curse over us; it has released one into us. Death is at work in us, and that shows up in the...
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May 24, 20213 min read
Submit to God or Conform to Culture
Following Jesus is counter-cultural in every society, though often in different ways. In some cultures, it’s the Scriptures’ teaching on...
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May 17, 20213 min read
Two Conditions for Real Spiritual Power
Most of us have things about ourselves we’d like to change, but many of us are discouraged at our persistent inability to do so. Some...
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May 10, 20212 min read
Saddleback Church and Women Pastors
This weekend, Saddleback Church celebrated the ordination of their “first three women pastors” in what they called “a historic night”...
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May 10, 20214 min read
To All Those Who Are Waiting
In obedience to God’s command for every Israelite family to dedicate their firstborn to him by means of an offering, Mary and Joseph take...
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May 3, 20214 min read
Is Jesus’ Mission Your Mission?
Jesus is not after passive surrender. The cross was his instrument of world salvation, so to take it up means actively devoting your life...
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Apr 26, 20214 min read
Three Warnings for the Religious
In one of Jesus’ most well-known parables, two men build nearly identical houses, geographically close to each other but on different...
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Apr 22, 20214 min read
Michael Jordan, Jesus, and a Ton of Fish: In the Presence of Greatness
When I was in middle school, I got to meet Michael Jordan. At the height of his fame, he came to a local golf tournament, and my best...
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Apr 19, 20213 min read
Know Your Spiritual Enemy
It’s hard to believe that this year will mark 20 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Those attacks rewrote the book...
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Apr 15, 20214 min read
Four Ways the “Apocalypse” Guys Are Actually Right
As a kid, I lived in a perpetual state of anxiety about Jesus coming back and with the fear of not being ready. This was largely due to...
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Apr 12, 20214 min read
Four Questions to Determine If You’re a Disciple
For the first Christians who heard, “Take up your cross” (Luke 9:23), it was not poetic or symbolic language; it was quite literal....
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Apr 8, 20213 min read
When God’s Answers Don’t Match Our Expectations
I’m guessing neither Simeon nor Anna was thinking that a helpless baby, born to a poor family, was God’s answer to their lifetime of...
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Mar 29, 20212 min read
God Built This House With That Storm in Mind
What thing in your life, if taken away, would make life not worth living? What has to be present in your life for you to feel fulfilled...
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Mar 25, 20213 min read
The Demon of Self-improvement
In biblical days, Jewish law demanded rigorous cleaning techniques after you’d gotten rid of any kind of disease or defilement; it even...
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Mar 22, 20215 min read
Seven Signs of Money Sickness
In much of the developed world, and particularly in the U.S., greed is part of the air we breathe. Our admirable Protestant work ethic...
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Mar 18, 20214 min read
Three Traits of a Disciple-making Disciple
There is no such thing as a Christ-follower who isn’t actively engaged in God’s mission on earth to make his name known among every...
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Mar 15, 20217 min read
Answering the Top 10 Questions in the Abortion Debate
The disciples, like many people in Jewish culture, did not value children as much as adults because their needs were just not as...
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Mar 11, 20213 min read
What Grace Does That Religion Can’t
Grace confuses and offends religious people because people who have worked hard and kept the rules don’t like it when others who have...
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Jan 27, 20211 min read
Remembering Carl Scott
On the morning of Jan. 22, one of the Summit’s heroes of the faith heard the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Carl Scott...
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Jan 25, 20214 min read
Independent Review
Summit Family, I wanted to give you a heads-up on something so that you understand what’s happening and the reason for it. You know that...
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