Steph and I recently watched an episode of a “reality” show where a “pro-choice” woman who works at an abortion clinic goes to live with a bunch of women at a shelter for new mommies for 30 days.
The idea is that she would see that there are great alternatives to abortion, and also that she [...]
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Our church body did 6,566 hours of community service.
Last year week.
Seriously.
Check it:
ServeRDU from The Summit Church on Vimeo.
(Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE our church?)
While waiting for something to compile at work today, I started playing with this picture in a photo editing program…
Three weeks ago, Osh, Kyrgyzstan was a very large city with a very large population of Uzbeks, a people group very dear to my heart.
Today, a significant portion of the city lies in ruins. Hundreds are dead, and tens of thousands have fled the city.
Many Uzbeks have gone back to Uzbekistan, where it is much [...]
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Growing up, I was really into hip-hop music, but had a really hard time finding music that I liked that wasn’t totally profane.
All the good music was fowl, and all the ‘clean’ music was super cheezy (DC Talk, anyone?)
I wish that the fellas at Reach Records had been making music back then. Lecrae, Tedashii, and [...]
There was a time in my life when Campus Crusade For Christ was an important tool that God used to shape and mature me.
I have met hundreds of Campus Crusade staff over the years, and every one of them impresses me with their passion, vision, and persistence in their desire to reach college students with [...]
Like many people, I first discovered Donald Miller through the book Blue Like Jazz. He had written several books before that one ‘hit it big’, but for some reason, that one got our attention.
I enjoyed the book a lot — not nearly as much as some of my friends — but I love Don’s writing [...]
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Please, please, please pray for Uzbekistan!
The article I just stumbled over begins:
WHEN her baby died soon after delivery, Gulbahor Zavidova, 28, a poor farmer’s wife, longed to be pregnant again. After months of trying she and her husband visited a doctor who told her she could never have another child because she had been sterilised.
The [...]
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I’ve been a Christian for over twenty years now.
I’ve had seasons of growth, seasons of dryness, seasons of ‘active ministry’, seasons of ‘rebellion’…
Heck, I’ve been a ‘professional christian’ in various capacities.
But right now, at 27 1/2 years old, with no important-sounding titles like ‘pastor of _______‘ or ‘_________ leader‘, I can honestly say this:
I love [...]
I love our church.
I LOVE our church.
I LOVE our church.
I freakin’ LOVE our church!
19 services. 178 baptisms*. The Gospel preached. The Kingdom expanded. History made.
Check out this recap of Easter Sunday:
Easter Recap from The Summit Church
Jesus is moving in RDU. Watch out Granville county: you’re next.
*give or take about 5… they change this number every time [...]
This pamphlet was released by Planned Parenthood in 1952.
Interesting how they’ve changed their story over the years…
Their slogan back then was pretty interesting as well: “Every child a wanted child”
I guess it just depends on what they meant by that…
(HT Z)
John Calvin quoting Augustine in Book 1 of The Institutes of Christian Religion (emphasis mine):
Sometimes with a good will a man wills something which God does not will….For example, a good son wills that his father live, whom God wills to die.
Again, it can happen that the same man wills with a bad will what [...]
This is five minutes from John Piper’s message from this year’s Desiring God Conference For Pastors.
Piper taught for an hour on what he has learned from C.S. Lewis over the course of his life.
Almost every single sentence is quotable and I STRONGLY encourage you to go download it or watch it (for free, of course).
But [...]
The lead pastor at our church released a new book this week!
Pastor J.D. lived for a couple of years in a Muslim country in the pacific rim of Asia, and also got his PHD in Islamic studies. “Breaking The Islamic Code” is his attempt at helping us ‘westernized Americans’ better understand Islam, Muslims, and the [...]
Remember this series of posts from several months ago?
I wrote about the book “Religion Saves (and 9 other misconceptions)” by Mark Driscoll, head pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle.
The book is based on the sermon series by the same name (which you can watch, listen to, or download for free).
Well, this month, like every [...]
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