Table of Contents
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
