Introduction: Creating a Renewal Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1:The Secularist Renewal Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Presence and Progress on the Road to Renewal
Chapter 2:The Renewal Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
From Holy Discontent to Corporate Revival
Chapter 3:Crisis—The Gateway to Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Silver Lining to Be Found in Dark Clouds
Chapter 4: From Dissatisfaction to Holy Discontent . . . . . . . . . 55
Ripe for Renewal in the Ruin of Meaninglessness and
Unlimited Freedom
Chapter 5:Renewal in an Anxious Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fostering Peaceful Presence in the Age of Outrage and
Radical Individualism
Chapter 6: Secularism vs. the Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
From Temples of Exhaustion to Temples of Presence
Chapter 7:Renewal to the Ends of the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
God’s Plan to Fill the Cosmos with His Presence
Chapter 8: Why the Church Needs Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Embracing Hot Orthodoxy and Vital Christianity
Chapter 9: Preparing for Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Breaking Down before Building Up
Chapter 10: From Consuming to Contending . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
The Sacrificial, Risk-Taking, Responsibility-Embracing
Posture of Renewal
Chapter 11:Repatterning for Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cultivating Faith in the West’s Secular Mega-Temple
Chapter 12:Remnants—The Cells of Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
How Small Groups Lead to Big Renewals
Chapter 13: When Renewal Goes Viral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
How Form and Fire Empower Revival
Appendix: Weekly Group Framework—Building a Remnant . . 195
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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