I found ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church to be the strongest book written by the Frost/Hirsch missional duo. The main thrust of their newest work is that mission and ecclesiology must be born out of who Jesus was and is. Their book is an invitation to take another look at Jesus and have our assumptions challenged and converted. This fresh conversion with the very Jewish and 1 century messianic figure will inform our ecclesial and missional concerns and questions.
To be faithful to their thesis you may want to consider reading ReJesus before ReMission.
I very much appreciated the authors synthesis of the writing of Jacques Ellul. If you aren't familiar with Ellul's writing, ReJesus is a wonderful primer. The other feature of this book, that is worth the purchase, is their stand alone biographical vignettes of people throughout history they see embodying the life of Jesus in their unique contexts.
ReJesus has the new perspective feel of The Jesus I Never Knew meets Jacques Ellul. It is an engaging and important read and my favorite so far from Frost and Hirsch.
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