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		<title>The Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, we talked about tithing (listen here). Always a touchy subject because money is among the most personal subjects we can talk about. You might balk at that statement, but think about it, who knows how much you make? Who knows how much you have in savings? Who knows how much debt you have? This is all information that we keep very close to the vest because we know it speaks volumes of us and our priorities.
As we looked into this discipline of tithing we heard loud and clear ...]]></description>
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		<title>Legalism or Obedience?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jody and Cammie Shelatz taught on fasting this week at The Summit. They brought some fresh insight to the subject that really hit home for me. They concluded with a challenge to fast for one day during the week. (Listen here)
I have been challenged or &#8220;invited&#8221; to fast in the past and I always have this great excuse. God didn&#8217;t invite me, you did. If God didn&#8217;t invite me, I&#8217;m not going to do it, and if you tell me I have to, that&#8217;s legalism.
Here&#8217;s the deal. God did invite ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/legalism-or-obedience/</link>
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		<title>Jump!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are reading this, I’m trusting it is because the Lord is stirring in you a desire to know and seek Him as you never have before! It was such a privilege for Jody and I to be able to share with The Summit this morning what God has done in us as we have hungered for Him through fasting. Oh, may He be glorified in and through our church as we all hunger for Him together!
As I mentioned this morning, we are encouraging all who are sensing that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/jump/</link>
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		<title>A Few Good Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever read about David’s Mighty Men? Take a minute and read 2 Samuel 23:8-39. What is your gut reaction to this passage? I would dare say that most men react in a way that is quite different from most women.
As a man, I read that and think, “I want to make that list.” Can you imagine sitting around that dinner table and sharing those stories? I believe that somewhere in every man is the desire to be considered a mighty man. I also believe that most men haven’t ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/a-few-good-men/</link>
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		<title>High Stakes Fatherhood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading in Exodus 4 today, and there is a passage in there that makes for good discussion.
Exodus 4 22﻿ Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,  ﻿23﻿ and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”                                                     ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/high-stakes-fatherhood/</link>
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		<title>Abiding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are so many things we could do for the Lord – so many great things! Leading Bible studies, going on mission trips, singing in the choir, being a greeter, serving at a homeless shelter, taking a meal to a shut-in, being a pastor, volunteering at school, working with the youth group…the list could go on and on and on. And often our hearts are “right” in that we truly want to do good in His name and for the blessing of those around us. But have you ever felt ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/abiding/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t get no satisfaction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Golden Globes just passed me by again. I don&#8217;t care who won. I don&#8217;t care what they were wearing. I think this whole awards deal is just an enormous practice in hedonism. Actors are being paid a ton of money to play make believe. That&#8217;s not enough. They have to pretend like the movies they are making have some social significance. That&#8217;s still not enough. They need to be thought of as politically relevant. That&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t bring fulfillment. What&#8217;s it going to take to bring joy to the very ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/cant-get-no-satisfaction/</link>
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		<title>How about Isaac?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m reading in Genesis 22. This is a story I have read and studied so many times. It is among the top in the &#8220;Best of the Old Testament&#8221; moments. An event that we have celebrated for millennia.
Genesis 22:6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
You can&#8217;t help but see the parallels between this story of sacrifice and the story of Jesus&#8217; sacrifice. The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/how-about-isaac/</link>
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		<title>Get on with it!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Then I got up and went about the king’s business.” Daniel 8:27
On the heels of Mark’s sermon this past Sunday about being joy-filled in these anxious times, I was struck as I read this verse this morning. Daniel had many dreams and visions while in exile in Babylon. After one particularly disturbing one, the Bible said he was “exhausted and lay ill for several days.” It even says that he was “appalled by the vision,” because “it was beyond understanding.”
It sounds like maybe…even if not for very long…he was a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/get-on-with-it/</link>
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		<title>Today, Tax Day, Judgement Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading a book called Primal, by Mark Batterson. I love the way he writes. Two of the books that have had a giant impact on me were written by him. They are In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day and Wild Goose Chase. Great stuff.
Anyway, I just read and reread a quote in Primal. Batterson quotes an author named Gary Thomas:
 &#8220;Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I&#8217;m reminded of this every year when I figure my taxes. During the year, I rejoice at the ...]]></description>
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