We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
ALAN HIRSCHInterestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion.
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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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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
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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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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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But because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
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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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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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