J.R. Briggs: Culture and Discipleship
"Wisdom without courage is riskless. Courage without wisdom is reckless. But wisdom and courage together is priceless."
"Wisdom without courage is riskless. Courage without wisdom is reckless. But wisdom and courage together is priceless."
"Inspiring and training believers to share their faith is one of the biggest challenges we have in the Western church."
“We need to recognize that even believers see the world in certain ways based upon ethnicity, class and gender.”
“God is on the move, extending the reign of Jesus throughout culture and society, and it’s our job to join in with what God is doing.”
"A church must first establish a culture of love and effective relational disciple-making."
"The gospel will always be good news and an offense to those on both sides of our increasingly divided spectrum."
“The scorecard is changing. Church leaders are less enamored with drawing crowds and seem more interested in making disciples.”
"We need to learn reconciliation and unity. How can we love our neighbors when we can’t even love our sisters and brothers?"
“We are not finished discipling until people are on mission—loving and serving others, making disciples themselves.”