In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
ALAN HIRSCHIt seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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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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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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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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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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Interestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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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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Most churches don’t have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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