But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
ALAN HIRSCHIf we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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Most churches don’t have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
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The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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Our point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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