When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap.

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

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.

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

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

In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.

Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.