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

Truth is narrow, but grace is wide..

The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people..

Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change..

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

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

You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers..

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

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

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

Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, gree….

Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles, expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, ….

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

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

Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people's perception of….

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

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

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

We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point..

If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a ….

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