Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
ALAN HIRSCHIn short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people’s perception of the gospel.
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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 can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
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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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Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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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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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture.
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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
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When the church is in mission, it is the true church.
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