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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.

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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.

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This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.

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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.

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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.

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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?

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There's no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.

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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.

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Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.

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If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion, who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.

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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.

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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.

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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap.

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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.

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You plant the gospel. You don't plant churches.

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Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.

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It's not so much that the church has a mission, it's that the mission of God has a church.

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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.

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I found out the hard way that if we don't disciple people, the culture sure will.

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