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

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

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

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

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.

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