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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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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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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.

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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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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

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

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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.

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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.

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

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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.

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A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus's name.

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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.

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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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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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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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Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.

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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.

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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.

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

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