A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.

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

If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?

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

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.

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.

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