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Continue reading →: Salvation By Computing Device?
Well, I am an Apple fan and I plan to check out the big announcements tomorrow about the new Tablet. I probably won't be buying one anytime soon, though (I think the price point is going to end up being a little high for me). But I found this…
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Continue reading →: New Year Prayer
Talk of the New Year has already grown old and we are only sixteen days into the new year. A prayer that John Wesley adapted and used in Watch Night services (all night prayer meetings on Dec. 31/Jan. 1) is a helpful tool in reassessing our values at the beginning…
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Continue reading →: Bible Reading Plans
Many people make it a habit of reading through the Bible in a year. This is a great habit. If you have not read the Bible, you need to add this to your list of New Year's Resolutions. I have found two new places on the internet that are pretty…
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Continue reading →: What Is the Meaning of Life?
My message Road of Intellect: Christmas Road Trip, part 3 was about affirming people who have been on an intellectual journey, asking questions about faith. God does not ask that you turn off your brain when you walk into the doors of the sanctuary. To the contrary, as the architect…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Road Trip
Rev. Jim Robinson and I came up with this sermon series idea while we were on a recent retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky. The genesis was the old road trip movies featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, like "Road to Zanzibar" and "Road to Morocco." The…
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Continue reading →: Real Holiness
I've been sharing a series of messages at Christ Church titled, "Church for Real People." The main focus of the series is the realness of the people to whom Jesus reached out, and the amazing prospect that Jesus is interested in real people, not just "religious" people. Religion is more…
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Continue reading →: Happy Relationships
The quality of our relationships determines a big part of the quality of our lives. Of all the contributors to personal happiness, relationships may be the most important one. Happiness is more than a fleeting feeling or a simple emotional high. Happiness is a deep sense of life satisfaction, fulfillment,…
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Continue reading →: The Power of the Mind
On September 25, 1942, Viktor Frankl, along with his wife and parents were shipped to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in what is today the Czech Republic. The Nazis allowed him to function as a doctor for a while, utilizing is psychiatric training to help prevent suicides among his fellow prisoners.…
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Continue reading →: Happiness Desired
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” – Aristotle According to Aristotle, the purpose, aim, the very meaning of life is happiness. From my life experience and through eighteen years of serving as a pastor, I am thoroughly convinced that…
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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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