I recently purchased the MP3 subscription to the OneThing 2008 conference in Kansas City. Although I did not attend OneThing, a friend of mine explained to me the major points that Mike Bickle would be discussing during the conference. Hearing the material provoked me to purchase the messages and make them freely available on RawReligion.com.

The common understanding is something like this: if we rely upon uneducated leaders and teachers, won’t we allow heresy to run rampant in our churches? Of course this is a risk, but I believe there are simple ways to lower the risk of such an infection. A healthy body with a strong immune system fights off infection better than a sick one…I will suggest in this article that there is a better immune system for the body of Christ than the one we have been comfortable with for so long.

Today, I came across a quote from one of his books, Faith Beyond Reason. It is a scathing, but accurate word for modern-day Christianity. Though we boast of many things, our words betray the true famine in our souls.

So what is it going to be? Which are we, lover or prostitute? There are no prostitutes in heaven, or in the Kingdom of God for that matter, but there are plenty of former prostitutes in both places. Take it from a recovering prostitute when I say there is no substitute for unconditional, intimate relationship with God. And I mean there is no palatable substitute available to us…

Australian missiologist Michael Frost talks about what it means to be the missional church. According to Frost, the journey towards a missional mindset requires a complete and utter recalibration in the Christian paradigm. It is a fundamental call to orient everything we do around the issue of mission.