Are you ready to look at the six questions from Thursday? All of the questions are related to the Great Commission. Here we go! WHO—Who is called? Every follower of Jesus Christ. Discipleship is not just for pastors or leaders like Billy Graham. This was Christ’s universal call for all believers everywhere, for all time! […]
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While we wrapped up our series on discipleship this past weekend, discipleship remains our theme for the year! I want those at The Summit to live out the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20 and make disciples of all nations! Don’t you want to live your life with an eternal mindset? “He has made everything beautiful in […]
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In looking at the rest of Pastor Rusty’s message, I’m struck by the fact that true hope can only come from God! As he told the church, “I must earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to heal me.” Power to heal you from what? Maybe He needs […]
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Pastor Rusty Hayes blessed The Summit with a visit this past weekend! Not only has he been there for me as a friend for about 30 years, he’s also an overseer at our church. His message “Hope For Being All In” continued our series on discipleship and brought needed encouragement. As he said, you sometimes […]
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Earlier this week, I left you with the task of taking some time to think about who could help disciple you and who YOU could disciple. I hope you had time to think through this! Today, let’s walk through Pastor Ernie’s question from this past weekend—“How do we help one another win our biggest battles?” The […]
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It has been a huge blessing to work in Africa with one of my good friends and overseers Pastor Ernie Frey. While back in the states, he was able to visit the church and speak this past weekend. His message “Teaming Up to Overcome Sin’s Relentless Pursuit” fit perfectly with our focus on discipleship. He […]
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If you are just catching up on this, see part 1 and part 2 My previous examples were from the Old Testament. What about the New? As you probably imagined, there are many. I’ll pick one for today and one for the next post. The first is found in Acts 8:9-24 “9Now for some time […]
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If you missed part one of this, go here. The second biblical example of this phenomenon actually happened many, many times. I will just pick one at random for us to take a look at. I’m talking about the ‘high places‘ of false worship that became an ongoing struggle for God’s chosen people throughout the entire Old Testament. […]
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On the one hand, there has never been a day like today for getting out the good news of the gospel message. On the other hand, there has never been a day like today when fewer people are interested in the real Gospel message. Once again, it’s 4:30 am and the Holy Spirit won’t let […]
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This is a marathon series, not a sprint. For parts 1 and 2 click the following links (Part 1 | Part 2) And now, the most common reason people raise the topic of being “under grace and not law…” To get out of tithing. Friends, I promise you there are a gazillion great reasons for living under […]
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