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7 Ways to Name Flourishing From the Pulpit (2/2)

In the first post (5 Reasons Pastors Fail to Identify Flourishing From the Pulpit) we looked at the risk of flourishing being a buzzword that...
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5 Reasons Pastors Fail to Identify Flourishing From the Pulpit (1/2)

If I do say so myself, Florida is the best place for flourishing to occur. Sorry, Denver; sorry, San Diego. When Juan Ponce de León...
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As Turkey persecutes a Christian pastor, what price freedom?

This editorial appeared in the Orlando Sentinel on Easter morning, April 14, 2017. On this Easter morning, I and hundreds of millions of Christians worldwide...
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A Seminary Snubs a Presbyterian Pastor (Wall Street Journal Editorial)

Princeton Theological Seminary announced earlier this month that it would award the Rev. Tim Keller its Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public...
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Andy Crouch, What Does the Faith and Work Movement Need to Hear?

In early February, I probed the thoughts of Andy Crouch, author, blogger, and speaker. Crouch had just resigned as executive editor at Christianity Today and...
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A Technological Confession

The Collaborative was energized by our visit from Andy Crouch in February. The author, blogger, and presenter executed twelve speaking engagements in five short days!...
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Processing in the Inaugural Prayer Service: America! America!

  America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! -America the Beautiful (Katharine Lee Bates)   It...
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Star Wars & the Bible

My colleague, Jack Peebles, loves the Star Wars movie saga. I thought I was a fan, and I am. Yet, Jack has shown me new...
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One Hell of a Year for #GenXers

  This blog originally appeared on www.collabortiaveorlando.com December 31, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. 2016 had all the potential of being one of those watershed years of...
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