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.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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We 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.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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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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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
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