from Exiles

"How did the contemporary church get to be like this? How did we end up with armies of church leaders who resemble corporate executives and act as if church is a global business? How is it that the subversive, radical nature of the life of Jesus has been so domesticated that we find ourselves in our current position, with Christians living in ghettos and losing touch with our most dangerous memories?... We have preferred the adorable alabaster Jesus to the flesh-and-blood radical Messiah. We have imprisoned Him in a stained-glass cell and want only to worship Him, never to follow Him."

-Michael Frost, Exiles

Comments

[Drew Caperton]

Frost really gets a good hold of the problem in the Western Church and doesn't let go. Our small groups [all 2 of them] have been wrestling through some mp3s that he put out a few months back. Really good stuff. Really challenging.

[John Smulo]

Mike always has challenging material that the wider church needs to hear.

I did a two-part interview with Mike based on Exiles at my blog if you're interested.