Quotes to remind us to keep taking risks in the church to reach people for Jesus (Taken from Leadership Networks: Innovation conference)

“You’ve got to pound the Gospel into your heart every day, by grace, by prayer, until it catches fire.” Tim Keller

“Failure is a leadership issue.  A leadership issue is a Gospel issue.  Ultimately everything is a gospel issue.” Mark Driscoll

“You may fail.  Are you okay with that?  You’ll still have Jesus.  He is enough.  Your righteousness is enough.  Your righteousness will not be affected, if your righteousness is in Christ.” Mark Driscoll

“I have noticed an interesting quality in leaders…that is, they are absolutely, completely, willing to fail…They’re willing to try things that others have never tried.” Craig Groeschel

“The antidote for the fear of failure, it’s not success, but it’s small doses of failure.” Mark Batterson

“Failure is not an option.  It is an absolute necessity.  You must be willing to fail…Often what works was born out of what didn’t work.”  Craig Groeschel

“The reality is you have to engage where you are, and you have to think about the future.” Ed Stetzer

“If you want to engage culture, if you want to engage the world: doctrine matters.  Theology matters.  The gospel matters.  Getting the gospel right will always be primary to new innovation, new creative technology, and engaging culture.  If you miss the gospel and the teachings of our faith…it doesn’t matter.  I don’t care how you contextualize this thing…the gospel will be the stench of death to some…you cannot contextualize the gospel of Jesus Christ to the point where everyone will accept it.”  Matt Chandler