Brad, thanks for this. Think of the real revolution this will cause if churches really figure this thing out. Why we might turn the world upside down. Again.

The call to a Christ-centered life is the call of salvation, it is the call of the gospel, it is life in the kingdom of God. It is the starting point of salvation and the end of the process. It is the “arche” and the “telos” of life with God. Offering a gospel of sin management in order to go to heaven suddenly seems so truncated.

Maybe someone will finally take up Dallas Willard’s challenge (even though it sounds arrogant coming from a solo voice) to the church to take the design and execution of a curriculum for Christ-likeness seriously.

Willow’s challenge and ours is to do this without standarization! Missional order is sounding more and more the thing that will make us Christ-centered disciples.