I would greatly appreciate anybody's thoughts and discussion after reading it. I am greatly impacted by the book as it speaks to and puts "meat" to many things my heart has been longing for and called to be a part of as a body of Christ.
One of the questions asked in the book is, "How do phenomenal Jesus movements come about?"
There is a great summary on it by Hirsch in the book (page 21) where he discusses the early church and the Chinese Church movement.
"...the awakening of that dorman potential [of a phenomenal Jesus movement] has something to do with the strange mixture of the passionate love of God, prayer, and incarnational practice. Add to this mix the following: appropriate modes of leadership (as expressed in Ephesians 4), the recovery of radical discipleship, relevant forms of organization and structures, and the appropriate conditions for these to be able to catalyze. When these factors come together, the situation is ripe for something remarkable to take place."He does discuss in more detail what each element is and how they have happened historically.
Do we (Journey) have a passionate love of God? Forsaking all unnecessary things for Jesus?
Do we (each member of Journey, and us as a body) pray with rich passion, intimate desire, hope for God to reveal himself, and faith that He is involved?
Do I/you/we practice our passionate love of God and prayer "incarnationally," meaning in every aspect of the life we live?
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