You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
ALAN HIRSCHYou cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
ALAN HIRSCHBuilding community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
ALAN HIRSCHThe surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
ALAN HIRSCHWe will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
ALAN HIRSCHIf a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
ALAN HIRSCHIt’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.
ALAN HIRSCHOur preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
ALAN HIRSCHAnd if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
ALAN HIRSCHWhether 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.
ALAN HIRSCHThe embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
ALAN HIRSCHBut herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
ALAN HIRSCHAll their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
ALAN HIRSCHIn a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
ALAN HIRSCHWho knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
ALAN HIRSCHPut simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
ALAN HIRSCH