We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
ALAN HIRSCHIn short, we find the faith of leap.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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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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The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
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Reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.
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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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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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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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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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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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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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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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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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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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