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Is your church centered on Christ? That’s the question we’ll be addressing in this week’s LifeMatters study.

Quick question: Who were the first human beings to ever live on the earth? If you’ve ever set foot in a church, skimmed over the first couple pages of the Bible, or feasted your eyes on a flannelgraph presentation, then you probably have a quick answer: Adam and Eve.

The Collegiate Summit is about people who share the same, unique calling being together.

As Christians, we’re called to keep our minds focused on Christ, who is Lord over everything. But in order for us to do that, we first need to have a good understanding of what His lordship truly means.

There are lots of people within the Church today who disagree on lots of things. And that’s okay. That’s natural. That’s human. What’s not okay is that many of those people don’t know how to disagree.

God showed us His great mercy when He sent Jesus to live and die for us and our sin. That mercy from God should motivate us to show the same love and mercy to others in everything we do.

The Collegiate Summit is our “once every three years” big hoo-ray. Time with 600+ collegiate ministers from almost all 50 states and Canada is refreshing, sharpening, and just plain fun. May 2–4, 2012, we will gather at LifeWay in Nashville.

Reading huge chunks of Scripture at a time has allowed me to see the text with a wide-angle lens instead of a microscopic view. And the more I see of the big picture within the Bible, the more I’m convinced that it’s all about Jesus.

If we examined our lives, would we see evidence that we’ve joined the fight against injustice?

For the month of January, we’ll focus on a few areas of our lives that we all can improve upon. Hopefully by this time next year we’ll all be able to point and say “This is how my faith grew in 2012.”