@DebraHirsch & @DreamAwakener welcoming a crowded room at #FutureGospel
RT @BobHyatt Trying to get the wave going at Missio Alliance. #FutureGospel
RT @Liggin “Worship is both theology and shared experience.” #FutureGospel
RT @donnell Black worship leader to white audience: “This is going to be a bit uncomfortable.” Really! #FutureGospel
RT@zhoag I don’t care if you read my book as long as you buy it. / @@scotmcknight #futuregospel
RT@jpa0325 Eschatology of politics says get the right people on the thrown and everything will be alright @scotmcknight #futuregospel
RT@scottkentjones 18h I’m getting the sense that the Gospel is bigger than personal salvation. I think I’m tracking.#futuregospel
John’s primary language for describing Jesus “bridegroom.” Baucum #FutureGospel
The samaritan woman had 6 men. Jesus was 7th: The one she was always looking for. Baucum #FutureGospel
RT @danwhitejr: Jesus was not a talking head, everything he did was a prophetic act. #FutureGospel
RT @kevinlum: Never read Paul against Jesus…if Paul makes Jesus violate Scripture, you’re reading Paul wrong. -Tory Baucum #futuregospel
John 16: Jesus says “I’m about to give birth to a whole new humanity.” Baucum #FutureGospel
Marriage is God’s pedagogy for his ultimate design for union with others. Baucum #FutureGospel
The incarnation changes how we see God, ourselves and the other. @DebraHirsch #FutureGospel
The incarnation means God wanted to know us from the inside. @DebraHirsch #FutureGospel
Where you stand determines what you see @DebraHirsch #FutureGospel
Our Church was birthed out of the Burning Man festival @DebraHirsch #FutureGospel
Christology-what we think about Jesus-shapes how we approach everything else. @AlanHirsch #FutureGospel
Our language and churches are laden with false dualisms @AlanHirsch #FutureGospel
Biblical faith is embodied faith, and thereby redeems the body. @AlanHirsch #FutureGospel
How do we read the Bible as a love story? Baucum #FutureGospel
Question of the 21st is Human identity: what does it mean to be made male & female in the image of God? Baucum #FutureGospel
In the NT atonement is more about love & grace, not wrath only @scotmcknight #FutureGospel
We’re great at sitting & listening to a preacher. The gospel of the kingdom requires something greater. @UrbanMysticRVA #FutureGospel
It’s not about the suppression of the orgasm. It’s about the redemption of the orgasm. @AlanHirsch #FutureGospel
Wouldn’t you like to know the guy who designed the orgasm? @AlanHirsch #FutureGospel
@alanhirsch quoting the ‘Sh’ma’ – if GOD is one – we are to live an integrated life under GOD #futuregospel
“All our vices are virtues gone wrong.” CS Lewis (via @AlanHirsch) #FutureGospel
“The man knocking on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” Chesterton (via @AlanHirsch) #FutureGospel
Spirituality and sexuality are both about being known and loved by the other. @DebraHirsch #FutureGospel
Jesus is still very human. We need to talk about his humanity in the present tense. Cherith Fee Nordling #FutureGospel
RT @growth_mission: Jesus is still very human. We need to talk about his humanity in the present tense. Cherith Fee Nordling #FutureGospel
The poor will always be with us. When your tired & broken from trying to create justice, Jesus will be the only one still left – Nordling
Salvation means you get to be what you were always meant to be: truly human! – Nordling #FutureGospel
We’ve taught that God loves the world but he doesn’t like it or us & will change it 2 something else. Nordling #FutureGospel
What if God incarnated just because he loves us and wants to hang out? Nordling #FutureGospel
Jesus lives in the space where “already” & “not yet” meet. Nordling #FutureGospel
Jesus isn’t waiting, he’s ruling. When you wake up he’s saying “whatcha wanna do today?” Nordling #FutureGospel
We’ve gotten so gnostic that our souls want to go somewhere our bodies can’t. Nordling #FutureGospel
The Church: A movie preview of what this looks like when we’re all finished. Nordling #FutureGospel
RT @toddhiestand: #FutureGospel petition: give Cherith another hour.
There is something anarchist about following Jesus. @scotmcknight #FutureGospel
RT @watsonopolis Wife is at @missioalliance teaching-I’m home cleaning up my 7 yr old’s vomit telling him it’s ok in the end. #futuregospel
RT @matttebbe: 2 bad “women shouldn’t preach” b/c Cherith Fee-Nordling is TEARING IT UP @missioalliance. #futuregospel
RT @marykatemorse: Cherith Fee Nordling “The gospel is Jesus’ business and he’s doing fine. Will we join him?” #futuregospel
RT @pastoradron: Whoever had @fitchest puts foot in mouth in under 3 minutes. Won the pool. Lol #FutureGospel
There are rules & ideas & feelings that come out, but primarily Scripture is the Grand Drama of God. @Fitchest #FutureGospel
Resolution of the drama: The new urban garden engulfs all empires. @Fitchest #FutureGospel
“Saying Jesus is Lord, that’s imperialist.” Hauerwas responds “I am an imperialist. W/ no power.” @Fitchest #FutureGospel
Never had a convo about Christ where I argued the Bible as truth. Non-Christians aren’t asking yet. @Fitchest #FutureGospel
Neither metaphors “proposition” or “experience” capture the Grand Drama of God. @Fitchest #FutureGospel
Describing scripture as drama allows you to invite people into it. @Fitchest #FutureGospel
Conversion goes from understanding information to entering a new story @Fitchest #FutureGospel
Most of my friends in seminary went on to Pastor “non-black churches.” @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
In the Black Church experience, any time a pastor stands, they have the responsibility to proclaim. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
If you can’t communicate with a neighbor, you’re making sanctified nonsense. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
We’ve reached an era when it’s ineffective to say “because the Bible says.” @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
Those who leave our congregations should leave more endeared to the word of God. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
RT @JR_Briggs ow important is the inaugural Missio Alliance conference? Well, you tell me… #FutureGospel pic.twitter.com/daCYhuYuZb
2 Problems with Topical Sermons lacks biblical foundation & restraint. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
Do we try to spiritualize the in/effectiveness of our communication? @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
Divine Drama: God is continuously trying to redeem rebels. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
Bible’s heroes weren’t perfect. Moses: killer; Noah; drinking problem. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
Preaching should give the congregation the tools you learned in seminary. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
If I make my bed in Hell, God is STILL in it with me. @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
It’s not Bad News. It’s Good News. Non-Black churches get mad, but we HAVE 2 celebrate Good News @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
It’s a shame to leave church more depressed than when you came @PastorHJW #FutureGospel
The real revolution in China was the people of God becoming the people of God again @alanhirsch #FutureGospel
Are church leaders the Bottleneck in the system @alanhirsch #FutureGospel