Harrison Warren: The gospel is so plain, and it's so mundane in so many ways. He says the majority of christian history is just regular people living regular lives. Warren: Many evangelicals have lost the doctrine of vocation. It used to be pretty common that the guy out ploughin his field was doing it to the glory of god.
Have you noticed that words like “extreme” and “revolutionary” have ironically become part of our “ordinary” vocabulary, even in the world of contemporary Christianity? We’re constantly being encouraged to “transform the world,” to pursue “radical discipleship,” or simply to do “big things for Jesus.” But what is the cost of this continual use of superlatives? The hosts, with the help of Tish Harrison Warren, discuss this issue and point to a recovery of “ordinary discipleship” in a world of hype (originally aired 09-01-13).
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