Leadership
September 10, 2012|by Pastor J.D.I have forgotten what happiness is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4KGS80x3bA
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Leadership, Relationships
August 31, 2012|by Pastor J.D.Are You A Slave To Sex?
This weekend, in our Can’t Believe series, we’ll be looking at those who “can’t believe”...
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Leadership
August 22, 2012|by Pastor J.D.Hospitality outside the church matters
This is the second in a two-part follow-up to this weekend’s “Practical Christianity” message from...
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Leadership
August 20, 2012|by Pastor J.D.Hospitality in the church matters
This is the first in a two-part follow-up to this weekend’s “Practical Christianity” message from...
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Leadership, Uncategorized
July 13, 2012|by Pastor J.D.Are we raising up volunteers or leaders?
Last week I read a great article on the Catalyst website which asked whether churches were...
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Leadership
April 13, 2012|by Pastor J.D.What Counts as Plagiarism in a Sermon?
Here's an article from Desiring God on plagiarism I ran across recently. The question of...
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Leadership, Spiritual Growth
January 1, 2012|by Pastor J.D.What Makes Business Christian?
When someone thinks about their work being “Christian,” all kinds of disturbing images come to...
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Leadership
November 25, 2011|by Pastor J.D.35 Values I Wish I Had Possessed When I Started Pastoring 10 Years Ago
People often ask me what I wish I had known when I started pastoring 10...
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Leadership, Uncategorized
June 21, 2011|by Pastor J.D.In light of global lostness, excellence must be balanced by “good enough.”
I hear it said a lot that because God deserves our best (which he does),...
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Leadership
June 16, 2011|by Pastor J.D.Plumb Line # 3: “The church is not an audience, it’s an army.”
Plumb lines are a series of short, pithy statements that we, at the Summit, use...
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