ReNewed Passion? Direction? Focus?

What are we after? What is the goal? What does a spiritually transformed person and group look like?

Aiming high, aiming for "Spirit-alive Christianity," helps us to answer this question. As a small group pastor or director or as a small group leader/shepherd, you must do some work to answer this foundational question. If you are not clear on what a spiritually transformed person looks like, you may unintentionally be guiding people toward the wrong pursuit – an erroneous goal.

Often, Christian leaders mistakenly lead people toward what Crabb calls "good-enough Christianity," which is marked by (1) people believing the right things (right teaching); (2) staying moral – staying away from visible sins (accountability); and (3) keeping busy (opportunity/service). These things, in and of themselves, are not wrong, of course, but they present a false view of the essence of Christianity.

Crabb defines "Spirit-alive Christianity" by three pursuits: (1) God-Hunger – desiring to know God consumes you; (2) Kingdom Hunger – longing to reveal God no matter how people might treat you; and (3) Holiness Hunger – hating sin more than its pleasures