how far is too far?

Perhaps we can finish this series of blogs on Christology by exploring how this central force of spiritual mDNA actually guides our missional conduct and activities. (Matt Stone will love this post.) As an incarnational missionary I have often been asked the question “how far can we incarnate? How far can we take on [...]

Distilling the Message

It’s time to get back onto the trail of Apostoic Genius…onto the mDNA of “Jesus is Lord.” Most people when asked about how they think the early Christians movement (and the Chinese underground churches) grew so remarkably answer that it was largely because they were true believers—that there was a real and abiding authenticity [...]

jesus is the way

I am currently writing a book on missional Christology with my old co-conspirator, Michael Frost. This kind of work of necessity takes on a tone of personal quest—for I cannot but be deeply involved in the material I am writing about.  I have always been fascinated by Jesus, and to be honest, I feel my [...]

Church growth and discipleship

As I narrate from my story at South Melbourne Restoration Community (now simply called Red), one of the paradigm changes I/we had to undergo was to be to break the hegemony that church growth thinking held over our imaginations and practices. I say this not because God has not and does not use church [...]

The subversion of Christianity

I am on a roll. Someone please stop me before I go too far! But I couldn’t resist further exploration into the role of Jesus in his church. Jacques Ellul again.
Christianity claims not to be a religion that is superior to others, but to be an antireligion that refutes all the religions that [...]

Jesus is my disequilibrium

Following on from the blog on the 29th Oct:
In my new book, I have devoted a section to the exploration of the absolute and abiding role of Jesus in the life of faith and in the Christian community. I will eventually get to blogging around the book more systematically, but needless to say that I [...]

On middle-class bondage

“There is an exact equilibrium to be found in life. The more security and guarantees we want against things, the less free we are. Tyrants are not to be feared today, but our own frantic need of security is. Freedom inevitably means insecurity and responsibility. But we seek above all to be [...]

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