July 02, 2009
"Summit opened my eyes to so many things. I am passionate about changing the world and can't wait to see how God will work!" - Elya "Summit gave me the information to back up my faith, and my convictions, now I can stand up for Christ and never back down." -Amy "Summit not only gave me a better understanding of…
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- Posted at 08:04 pm by Summit Ministries
July 02, 2009
Leadership=influence+change. This was Dr. Jeff Myers seemingly simple equation for leadership which he brought up in his first session titled Breakthrough Leadership. The first point that hit me was the idea that leadership isn't about whether you can speak well or coerce people to follow you, but whether you have something worth following or not. Dr. Myers then outlined four…
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- Posted at 07:39 pm by Gerrit
July 01, 2009
Today in Summit, we heard from one of the foremost leaders in the reliability of Scripture, Dr. Gary Habermas. He taught us ways that we can engage culture by showing people in it that the Bible is true. We do so with five main ways to prove ancient works in general: eyewitness, early, embarrassment theory, enemy attestation, and number of…
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- Posted at 07:07 pm by Alex
June 30, 2009
What defines a culture? What does a society's culture say about their worldview? These are a couple of the questions we wrestled with this evening at Summit. Tonight we had the opportunity to apply some of the ideas we've been discussing this past week. We took a look at a few common objects we find in our society - a…
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- Posted at 08:21 pm by Nathaniel
June 29, 2009
Christianity is not a religion, is it a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Eight days has passed and let me tell you, my brain is about to explode. Although it feels like an overload of information, I can proudly say that this day has been an experience. The day started off with Kevin McCullough. He taught economic policies from a…
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- Posted at 08:05 pm by Daniel