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

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.

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

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

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

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

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