Sweet's discourse on growing new and what that means for the third stage of life is refreshingly lifegiving and entirely counter-cultural. "Third Agers tell the stories of Jesus in ways that synthesize all and resonate with all, give voice to the oppressed, ventriloquize those who are suffering, and build for the future."
“Apostolic Imagination,” by J.D. Payne
According to J.D. Payne, we should not only be regularly reforming how we understand scripture, we should be regularly reforming our practices as the Church, particularly in how we do missions.
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“Designer Jesus,” by Leonard Sweet
To me, this is the heart and soul of Designer Jesus. Let us see if we can out-love Jesus. Golden coin—“This is the greatest commandment. It has two sides, but it is all one” (p. 457).
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“Faithful Disobedience,” by Wang Yi
... for pastors, their glory is not in their accomplishments nor even in their lives but rather in their investment in the church and in Christ, what will live into eternity (p. 162). Yi called it when he told pastors to get over being afraid of losing their jobs. That is earthly kingdom thinking, not heavenly kingdom thinking. I can see Yi saying churches must be public proclamations of freedom in Christ, for the sake of Christ and for others. This is what really living, fully living means, and to live under another's thumb (whether that is Satan, the Chinese Communist Party, or the pressure of public opinion, etcetera) is only partly living.
