Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
ALAN HIRSCHAnd if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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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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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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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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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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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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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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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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Built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.
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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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Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.
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Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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