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.
ALAN HIRSCHMore data is not always the answer.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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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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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
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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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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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And every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
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