When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
ALAN HIRSCHEvery disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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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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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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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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It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.
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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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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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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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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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Liminality and adventure or continue to remain a religious ghetto for culturally co-opted, fearful, middle-class folk.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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