Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
ALAN HIRSCHEvery Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
ALAN HIRSCHRenewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church.
ALAN HIRSCHOur preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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 HIRSCHThe mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
ALAN HIRSCHIf we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture.
ALAN HIRSCHWho knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
ALAN HIRSCHThis submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
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 HIRSCHNowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
ALAN HIRSCHI found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
ALAN HIRSCHYou cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
ALAN HIRSCHHeroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
ALAN HIRSCHThe embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
ALAN HIRSCHA missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
ALAN HIRSCHIn short, we find the faith of leap.
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