You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
ALAN HIRSCHExpressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.
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The surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
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You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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Expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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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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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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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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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
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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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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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