We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
ALAN HIRSCHMany 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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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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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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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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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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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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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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