Nothing brings more joy to a young reformer’s heart than being able to take a simple concept and make it seem infinitely more complicated. And part of the fun of this process comes from making up words. We don’t say that we are missionaries. We are missional. We don’t have a skill set. We’re triperspectival. We don’t do purposeful coaching. We do transformissional coaching.
As God’s chosen people, it is important to have a language that differentiates us. These words do well in a pinch. Wondering whether a “Christian” you just met at a conference has good theology? Bring up triperspectivalism and if he or she squirms, you know they’re probably some theology-lite evangelical teetering on the edge of heresy and damnation.
These types of words are also important because they help us get books that nobody will read published by scholarly type imprints nobody knows exist.
So keep up the good work (done through you by Christ), you worthy word-warrior!
