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Continue reading →: Spirituality Leads Us into the World
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.” – Henri Nouwen We operate in dualities. Good versus evil. Physical versus spiritual. Dark versus light. Dualism teaches that there are two main realities of equal power that are opposites and are working against…
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Continue reading →: What You Believe or What You Do?
This morning, I want to share with you a lengthy quote from E. Stanley Jones. Jones was a Methodist missionary to India who wrote several influential books and whose efforts in evangelism were phenomenal and whose methods were far ahead of his time. He also had a keen eye on…
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Continue reading →: The Day After Labor Day
Isn’t it ironic that we celebrate labor by taking a day off from it? Perhaps we should celebrate Labor Day by working a double shift, or maybe simply have a big party after the day’s work with our co-workers to commemorate what we accomplished. Okay, maybe that’s not a great…
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Continue reading →: The Comparison Game
“A brother who shared a lodging with other brothers asked Abba Bessarion, ‘What should I do?’ The old man replied, ‘Keep silence and do not compare yourself with others.’” — Sayings of the Desert Fathers. We are constantly tempted to compare ourselves with others, especially when it comes to the…
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Continue reading →: Sacrifice
What do you think when you read the word “sacrifice”? Where do we sacrifice, or for what do we sacrifice? I think of parents who sacrifice for their children. They delay or do away with completely something good for themselves toward the service of a greater good, their child’s good.…
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Continue reading →: Beeson IV Begins
Beginning in 2008, nine pastors from around the United States began a journey of education, spiritual growth, leadership development, and community building. Coming from Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah, we started the Beeson Pastor Program Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching and Leadership at…
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Continue reading →: Time
“Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.” – Margaret Peters Time works wonders for us. With the passage of times comes perspective and clarity. We grow older and hopefully wiser. However, there can be a cruel twist with time. Some of us only discover what is…
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Continue reading →: Little Christs
“The church exists for nothing else but to draw men unto Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose.” – C.S. Lewis Little…
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Continue reading →: We’re On A Mission From God
“Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God.” – David Bosch I would take this quote one step further: Mission is not merely an attribute of God, one among many things that God is… God is holy, God is…
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Continue reading →: Dependence Day
“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” – Patrick…
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I’m Chris
Welcome to Flourishing Life, a space designed to help you pursue the abundant life God offers everyone. Jesus said in John 10:10, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (ESV). I’m convinced God created the world for flourishing human life. However, we’ve all contributed to the brokenness in the world and our own lives. Many don’t even realize a better way is possible. My hope for this blog is that you’ll discover the life God has always intended for you, the ones you love, and the world.
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