If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
ALAN HIRSCHTo obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Put 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.
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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
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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.
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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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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase “missional church” lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.
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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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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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