{"id":24306,"date":"2014-07-09T18:29:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?p=24306"},"modified":"2020-06-13T10:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T09:19:41","slug":"24306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2014\/07\/24306\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Mission by Ben Connolly and Bob Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>My friend Bob Roberts has recently co-authored a book called <a href=\"http:\/\/everydaymission.net\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Everyday Mission\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0with Ben Connelly. Here is what I wrote as an endorsement for it, followed by a video which talks about the idea of regular missional living:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>\u201cAre you concerned about the state of the Church in the West today? Are you affected by the need of the World around us? Do you struggle to know what you should do about it personally?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This book will challenge you to become a missionary, right where you live, and not leave evangelism to the so-called \u201cprofessionals\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You will find many captivating phrases like \u201cpeople are not projects\u201d and, \u201cwe introduce people to the things that are most important to us.\u201d Mingled with the inspiration and motivation are practical pointers, which will help you share Jesus with your friends, neighbours and colleagues. Reading this book could have eternal consequences.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>-Adrian Warnock, blogger and author, <em>Raised With Christ<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why is Everyday Mission So Difficult?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/65AOZL30430?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Bob Roberts has recently co-authored a book called Everyday Mission\u00a0\u00a0with Ben Connelly. 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