The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
ALAN HIRSCHAnd every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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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 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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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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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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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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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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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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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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Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age.
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