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.
ALAN HIRSCHWe must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
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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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Renewal 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.
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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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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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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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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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The fact is that if Jesus’s future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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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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And every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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