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What a way to spend the summer: on a beach, tanning, and digging into the depths of Christian Revolultion! 
Revolution of Joy
Revolutions are always bloody affairs, with winners and losers. Not so with the Jesus Revolution. No tanks, guns, armies or bloody purges could ever do what God did when He pulled together such odd companions: joy and revolution.
The Fear Factor
People are aware of the big differences between various forms of Christianity, and it's confusing. But the differences are really quite simple: traditions! When Christian communities get tangled in traditions, the "Fear Factor" spreads and grows, and the Bible gets irrelevant and confusing. Grand institutions are built for security, but institutions also snuff-out spiritual
Heartless Institutions
In The Dawn of Covenant Theology we described the rise of Reformed Theology and its distinctive characteristics, especially the phenomena of the Visible and Invisible Church. We now show how it further developed into a phenomena in church history we call Institutionalized Christianity.
The Dawn of Covenant Theology
A group of Gen-X Christian leaders are emerging (not Emergent) with innovative church-planting strategies and a refreshing, quasi-relevancy untypical for the old Reformed school of theology. In order to appreciate their (belated, but good) restlessness, we now continue to trace the development of this theology from part one in The Restless Reformed,
The ‘Restless Reformed’
We love our Reformed brethren like Mark Driscoll, guest speaker at XSI, but we wince at the evangelists of Reformed theology! (See John Piper's eloquent sermon at Mars Hill.) Irregardless, it is useful to know the lively history of theology and its powerful impact on Christian lives today. It raises a simple
Viral Church
Dr. Hughes explains what he thinks underlies the "revolution of the heart" that makes the Christian walk -- and fellowship -- so unique. This is one family's experience with the rather unique character of Xenos fellowship.
The ‘Real’ Xenos Model
Too much organization snuffs out "the spontaneous expansion of the church" which typified the 1st-Century experience, and American culture is unfortunately a breeding-ground of great bureaucracies. What happens when modern business-savvy meets the spiritual enthusiasm of the 1st-Century?
Driscoll Versus the WeeWars, Part 2
The Mars Hill "sending" strategy is experiencing more growth, more salvations, more giving, participation, leadership development and more enthusiasm at their extra-local sites. This issue deserves to be resurrected and resolved before long-term demoralization robs Xenos of its vitality. In part 2 we compare Driscoll's innovative movement of "Multi-Site Churches" with the famous Willow
Driscoll Versus the WeeWars, Part 1
In the NeoNews we discussed how the Servant Team Retreat raised issues about adopting the Calvary Church model. We now consider the biggest, most-overlooked difference between Xenos and Calvary Chapel. It can bring explosive impact on our "Quest for a Church Planting Movement", and it was raised at the Columbus Servant
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