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1. He and his staff are encouraging the church to step out in faith to engage lost people in the context of the world beyond the walls of the church.

I believe this goes without saying. While I do believe there are lost folks within the visible church, I do not consider it a mission field per se. Engaging the lost where they are isn't difficult, either. Unless you stay in your home, you engage lost folks regularly. At the supermarket, Wal-Mart, the gun store, etc., all have lost people in them.

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2. He is encouraging them to not worry about compromising their convictions. As an example he uses the story of the young person who has “dropped the biblical definitions of sin, and the example of Jesus in John 8.

Still not sure how John 8 teaches us to drop our definitions of sin. I am worried about compromising my convictions. Compromising sound principles is the slippery slope the evan-jelly-cal's went down.

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3. The challenge is to balance both intolerance of sin with grace (& love).

Scripture please?


God bless,

william