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Here I am! I stand at the door and knock … — Revelation 3:20When was the last time you had a life-changing encounter with God? Today? A week ago? A year ago? 30 years? Never?Let me define my terms. By "life-changing" I don’t mean that you were hyped. TV commercials can get us hyped. Multi-level marketing managers can get us hyped. Shallow evangelists who know how to work a crowd can get us hyped. Neither do I mean that you ended up sinlessly perfect. But I do mean that you walked away a different person.This is not another spiritual chore.…

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?" — Genesis 3:1At the root of every temptation is a lie. This was the opening punch. It wasn’t designed to knock Eve out, just to throw her off balance. Here’s the message behind it: What kind of God do you serve? Why does He deprive you of what is good?You’ll find a lie something like this at the core of every temptation you face. …

Many of the men and women gathered at Madison’s High Point Church this week consider the Willow Creek Leadership Summit the high point (no pun intended) of their year and the very best way to prepare for another year of ministry.