Monday, October 03, 2005

Identification without loss of identity

JESUS SENDS US into the world, as the Father sent him into the world. In other words our mission is to be modeled on his. Indeed all authentic mission is incarnational mission. It demands identification without loss of identity. It means entering other people's worlds as he entered ours, though without compromising our Christian convictions, values, or standards.
--John Stott, The Contemporary Christian