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Real Economic Recovery: Treasure What Money Can’t Buy (Prov. 15:16)

Series Introduction

Economists have called the past few months the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.[1]  Many of us have lost jobs, income, or retirement and know others who also have.  The President and the Congress have labored to stimulate the economy, to provide some kind of economic recovery.  And while there are signs of improvement, many of us and those we know are still struggling.  This morning we begin a three-week series from Proverbs called Real Economic Recovery.  We want to explore what it means to experience real recovery during tough economic times.  In this series we’ll look at three simple ways we can survive and thrive during financial stress.  Let’s pray…

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Surprised by Hope: #6

surprisedbyhopeIn Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, N. T. Wright challenges us to rethink our notions of heaven and the implications of the doctrine of heaven for the entire Christian faith.

In Chapter Six Wright lays out the biblical answer to “What is God’s purpose for creation?” in contrast to the popular options explored in chapter five: evolutionary optimism (EO) and souls in transit (SIT).  In summary, Wright argues that the early Christians did not believe the world was getting better and better on its own steam (EO) or that it was getting worse and worse and their task was to escape it (SIT).  Instead, early Christians believed “that God was going to do for the whole cosmos was he had done for Jesus at Easter.”

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