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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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Continue reading →: Back to the Books
This past week we started a new series of messages, Back to the Books. With schools up and running again, and with me being in Wilmore for the Beeson Pastor Program, I thought it might be a good idea for us as a church to "go back to the books,"…
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Continue reading →: The Home Stretch
Today was the last day of our class, "Biblical Interpretation for Church and Life," taught by Dr. Ruth Anne Reese. Five days of all day in class with assignments at night. It was a great class, though. Part of what she did was walk us through 1 Peter, verse by…
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Continue reading →: Church IMMERSION, cont.
Sunday, the Non-Resident Beeson Pastors and several other pastors from Colorado and Ohio attended worship at three different churches. Below are my thoughts on each one… later, I'll post some pictures. Lakewood: Joel Osteen. We rolled up at about 8:00 a.m. for their 8:30 service at the Compaq Center (or…
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Continue reading →: Church IMMERSION
Immersion might not be strong enough to describe the experience we're having in Houston. Today we've visited a downtown house church, Harbor Church; a downtown primarily African-American United Methodist Church, St. John's Downtown; the largest United Methodist Church in the United States, Windsor Village; and a very large, wealthy, primarily…
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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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