Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.
When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap.
The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face, it seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.
More data is not always the answer.
Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
"More data is not always the answer."
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