“The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom… They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.” Isaiah 35:1, 2b
Population: 3,365,675
Capital: Nouakchott
People: Arab 70%, Sub-Saharan African 28.8%, Other 1.2%… Continue reading
Seminar: Overcoming Anger – Video Recording
Below is the material needed to complete the “Overcoming Anger” program at The Summit Church. If you are interested in studying this material as a part of a recovery program, which we call Freedom Groups, please click here for more information and to get connected.
NOTE: This presentation will be given TONIGHT at 5PM (note the time change) at the Brier… Continue reading
TONIGHT! Saturday night, June 25th, we’re providing an opportunity to connect with others who are in the same life-stage. This will be a great chance to fellowship, eat, and pray with other single adults in their mid-to-late 30′s, 40′s, and 50′s who go to summit or live in your community.
The theme verse for the evening will be Colossians 2:2, which says “my goal is that they may be… Continue reading
Family Devotion from Overcoming Anger Seminar
One of the desires of The Summit Counseling Ministry is to be a part of the “normal” church life. We do not want to be a church with a counseling minitsry (read “on the side”; or “just for crisis cases”). We want to be a church that uses our counseling ministry to EQUIP our members to counsel one another and our community… Continue reading
Fear By Another Name: ”Enough”
This post is meant to offer guidance to common “What now?” questions that could emerge from Pastor JD’s sermon “Fear: Homewreckers #3″ preached at The Summit Church on the weekend of June 18-19, 2011.
There are many people who deny that their life is marked by fear, but for whom fear is one of their primary motivators. The problem is not necessarily some… Continue reading
Mark Mittelberg recently wrote a book entitled “The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask.” Number three on this list is the question, “Why trust the Bible, a book based on myths and full of contradictions and mistakes?” The following quote from Mark’s book I think sums up the general impression that our friends and neighbors have towards the Bible: ”Often this distrust comes not from any particular concerns, but… Continue reading
Here’s an important announcement for single adults at Summit: on Saturday night, June 25th, we’re providing an opportunity to connect with others who are in the same life-stage. This will be a great chance to fellowship, eat, and pray with other single adults in their mid-to-late 30′s, 40′s, and 50′s who go to summit or live in your community.
A quick look at some recent Raleigh-Durham census numbers shows… Continue reading
“See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return. They will come with weeping; they will… Continue reading
I’ve never punched a hole in a wall. I’ve managed to avoid road rage even with a significant number of “idiot” drivers provoking me. My children are not scared of me … unless they do something really bad. I have plenty of friends who seem to like me and will answer the phone when I call. Do I still need to attend the “Overcoming Anger” seminar?
This kind of… Continue reading
The EQUIP seminars on Sunday nights are off to a great start. Last night, small groups pastor Spence Shelton gave his take on systematic theology and explained why the pursuit of theological understanding is both necessary and wonderful. He gave a call to study systematics, a framework to approach it, and then led a discussion on how to apply a theological framework to everyday situations. Click here for the… Continue reading