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		<title>Here For a Reason</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are created to bring glory to God. That is our ultimate purpose. We have the privilege of doing some really cool stuff that brings Him glory. We can pray, sing, study, worship, fellowship. But, you know what? We will be able to do all these better in Heaven.
Of all the ways to bring Him glory here on earth there is only one that we can do better here than heaven. That one way is to share the Gospel with lost people. You see, there are no lost people in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Complain or Worship?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Acts 16:22-25﻿ The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.  After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
In his book, In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I am racing against my four year old daughter, Julie the other day. Most of the time, I let her win. Really, she&#8217;s the only one of my kids that I can still outrun. Sometimes, though, I will let her lose. I believe kids need to know how to lose. They need to know they are not invincible. Anyway, the race is on and I&#8217;m out in front. The finish line is the front porch. I hear from behind me, &#8220;Race you to the truck.&#8221;
She changed the rules so ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/changing-the-rules/</link>
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		<title>The Journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have no verse from Scripture from which to springboard…just some encouragement I believe I received from the Lord today as I was spending time with Him. I was simply talking to Him as authentically and vulnerably as I could…coming to Him as I am, without trying to pretend or hide. (Why, by the way, do we sometimes do that, believing that we can somehow “trick” God that we are feeling or believing something that we really aren’t?)
Anyway, I have a hard time really capturing in words where I find ...]]></description>
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		<title>I Stink at Most Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading a book called Oikos, Your World Delivered.  The author, Tom Mercer, makes a really good point early in the book. It is something that I haven&#8217;t really considered and I would bet that&#8217;s true for most of us. I stink at most everything. So do you. Can you say that? The truth is, God made us really good at very few things&#8230; for a reason. He did it so we can focus.
1 Corinthians 12:18﻿ But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of ...]]></description>
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		<title>What about bankruptcy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our current economy, bankruptcy and foreclosures are increasingly common. I just heard a news report saying it is OK to walk away from a mortgage if it has become a bad business arrangement. In essence, if you made a decision and it went bad, you are now allowed to ignore your promise and transfer the consequences to the lender. By the way, you also share the consequences with your neighbors whose homes are instantly worth less.
Scripture holds a different view. First, debt is not a place for children of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/what-about-bankruptcy/</link>
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		<title>Tetelestai!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John 19:30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”
It is finished. These were the last words of Jesus on the cross. What is finished?

The nightmare of the crucifixion &#8211; Jesus had survived the most horrific day in all of history. The agony and humiliation of the cross were behind Him.
His ministry on earth as a human &#8211; Jesus ministry was certainly not over, but His ministry in the constraints of a human body were finished. From here on out, He would minister in His glorified, resurrection, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/tetelestai/</link>
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		<title>Theology can&#8217;t save!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Theology. I love it. I could seriously have a worship experience while reading a commentary. I would have loved to have been able to go to seminary, not so I could get some letters behind my name and a piece of paper to hang up on my wall, but just so that I could learn and immerse myself in the knowledge of God! Right theology, right doctrine is extremely important – critical. You will never convince me otherwise.
But God brought the hammer down on me a few years ago. I ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.summitmadison.org/theology-cant-save/</link>
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		<title>Safe?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I was reading in Mark the other day (The Lord has spoken volumes to me as I’ve encountered His Word in a fresh way through The Message – I love what Eugene Paterson set out to do and I thank God for him!)…anyway, I happened to be in Mark, reading the narrative surrounding Christ’s betrayal, death, and resurrection.  Once again, I had to stop and could read no further as I came across some words that pierced my heart:
         “Peter followed at a safe distance…”
           Just let that sink ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Ends of the Earth are Waiting.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am really excited about an opportunity to preach the Sunday service at the Church of God here in Los Anonos, Costa Rica. These are wonderful people with a heart to serve, The conditions around them are so overwhelming, they seem at times discouraged and unable to look past their struggles and see the world of mission around them.
I will be preaching on Acts 1:4-11. My desire is to encourage them with the idea that the Holy Spirit WILL grant them power and He WILL reach the ends of the ...]]></description>
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