We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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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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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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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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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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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.
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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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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
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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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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
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