“Expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.”

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

We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.

The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.

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

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

A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.

Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.

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

The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.

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.

When the church is in mission, it is the true church.

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

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 gospel.

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

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

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