Comments on: potential problems with missional http://www.swingingfromthevine.com/2008/07/02/potential-problems-with-missional/ digging deep, stretching up, reaching out Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:41:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: michael http://www.swingingfromthevine.com/2008/07/02/potential-problems-with-missional/comment-page-1/#comment-2526 michael Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:57:24 +0000 http://www.swingingfromthevine.com/2008/07/02/potential-problems-with-missional/#comment-2526 are you kidding? yes there is urgency in the gospel and that doesn't negate rest, but you can't remove urgency. i think there is still too much confusion on missional and i don't like using that word because everyone comes to their own conclusion. does scripture call us to live on mission? yes does that include worship and spiritual encouragement? yes living on mission doesn't necessarily mean i stop buying latte's or move our of the burbs. it means where ever i live and where ever i go, it is with the urgency of the gospel. to say i am going to be on guard against living on mission because it might lead to legalism is convenient. legalism is constantly attacking us and we must continually examine our hearts and motivation to avoid legalism, not just avoid living on mission. i don't think the question we should ask is, "am i living sacrificially enough?" who could ever do that? we must ask, "who has god called me to?" then, am i going to allow comfort to stop me from pursuing that calling. something to think about. im going to go take a nap :) are you kidding? yes there is urgency in the gospel and that doesn’t negate rest, but you can’t remove urgency.

i think there is still too much confusion on missional and i don’t like using that word because everyone comes to their own conclusion.

does scripture call us to live on mission? yes
does that include worship and spiritual encouragement? yes

living on mission doesn’t necessarily mean i stop buying latte’s or move our of the burbs. it means where ever i live and where ever i go, it is with the urgency of the gospel.

to say i am going to be on guard against living on mission because it might lead to legalism is convenient. legalism is constantly attacking us and we must continually examine our hearts and motivation to avoid legalism, not just avoid living on mission.

i don’t think the question we should ask is, “am i living sacrificially enough?” who could ever do that? we must ask, “who has god called me to?” then, am i going to allow comfort to stop me from pursuing that calling.

something to think about. im going to go take a nap :)

]]> By: The Tension With Being Missional &laquo Missional Church Network http://www.swingingfromthevine.com/2008/07/02/potential-problems-with-missional/comment-page-1/#comment-2429 The Tension With Being Missional &laquo Missional Church Network Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:37:20 +0000 http://www.swingingfromthevine.com/2008/07/02/potential-problems-with-missional/#comment-2429 [...] this line of discussion here is a very good post over at Swinging From the Vine titled “Potential Problems with Missional” where Makeesha offers a corrective on the risk of ”compulsive [...] [...] this line of discussion here is a very good post over at Swinging From the Vine titled “Potential Problems with Missional” where Makeesha offers a corrective on the risk of ”compulsive [...]

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