At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
ALAN HIRSCHIf a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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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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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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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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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
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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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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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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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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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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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When the church is in mission, it is the true church.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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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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