The surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
ALAN HIRSCHThe surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
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 HIRSCHWe have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
ALAN HIRSCHAt some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
ALAN HIRSCHWhether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
ALAN HIRSCHWe are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
ALAN HIRSCHYou plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
ALAN HIRSCHThe church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
ALAN HIRSCHWorship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
ALAN HIRSCHExpressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.
ALAN HIRSCHIf a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
ALAN HIRSCHReal leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
ALAN HIRSCHThe mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
ALAN HIRSCHIt seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
ALAN HIRSCHBuilt 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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