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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.

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Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.

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Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.

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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.

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The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.

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

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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.

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

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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

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

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Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.

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The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.

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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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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.

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

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Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world. Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church—reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.

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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship

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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.

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