Of late I have been reminded of a critical objective related to helping people experience transformed lives.
"We are not helping people convert to our culture; we are helping them be transformed by Christ."
If we aren't crystal clear about that, people will be drawn to, and make commitments to our culture. People want to belong to a movement bigger than they are. People want to be in on what is exciting and adventurous. People want to be part of something excellent and significant. But, if we aren't clear about calling people to be disciples, sold-out followers of Jesus Christ, they will continue to show up, cheer and maybe even tell their friends, but their lives may not reflect a personal, missional buy-in to the agenda of the kingdom of God and the grace of Jesus Christ.
People matter too much to miss this critical distinction. God's kingdom agenda matters too much to allow this confusion.
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