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Continue reading →: Happiness Takes Work
“The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who in the middle of great wealth are starving spiritually.” – Martin Seligman One of…
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Continue reading →: Happy?
“To live well myself is my first and essential contribution to the well-being of all mankind and to the fulfillment of man's collective destiny. If I do not live happily myself how can I help anyone else to be happy, or free, or wise?” – Thomas Merton The question one…
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Continue reading →: Happy Mother’s Day… to My Mom
I posted two years ago and last year, thought it was worth re-posting, again!! Mom… thanks! Thanks for loving me, even when I was unloveable. Thanks for raising me in the way I should go. Thanks for taking me to church. Thanks for showing me the meaning of grace.…
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Continue reading →: On the Death of Usama bin Laden
Last night I was pretty tired so I went to bed early. Like many nights I turned on the television in my bedroom and caught up with the news. At the bottom of the screen, the message indicated President Obama was to make a statement at 10:30 p.m. I thought…
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Continue reading →: Rob Bell’s Hell, part 2
As promised, here is my review of Rob Bell's new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. HarperCollins, 2011. First, a disclaimer. This is not a thorough, point-by-point scholarly review. This is written primarily for people with no formal theological…
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Continue reading →: A Great Sermon on Hell
I received a lot of feedback on my last post concerning Rob Bell's video promoting his new book in which it seems he might be lurching toward universalism and away from the traditional Christian understanding of the existence of hell. This morning I read an excellent sermon on the subject…
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Continue reading →: Rob Bell’s Hell
From recent reports, Rob Bell's Hell is bascially non-existent. Rob Bell, the author of the great book, Velvet Elvis, and the purveyor of the powerful video series, Nooma, pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church, has come out on the side of universalism, apparently. I say apparently because the book in…
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Continue reading →: Struggling With Abuse
Sunday, January 30, 2011 I shared the message: Honor Mom & Dad, the fifth in the series, Life Preservers: 10 Commandments for Life. This message was based on Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and mother so that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God is…
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Continue reading →: What Bible Version?
There are a plethora of different versions of the Bible available today. I used to hear people decry this as somehow getting away from the good ole days of the King James Version. I don’t hear this as much any more. I’ll never forget one of my fellow students at…
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Continue reading →: Did You Miss #5?
My message this morning at Christ Church had a missing point! I skipped #5 in the first half of the message, types of relationships with God: 1. Fire Insurance 2. Religious 3. Part-time God 4. Fan 5……???? “Fearful.” A relationship with God that is accentuated with fear. This is not…
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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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