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.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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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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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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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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Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church.
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Whether 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.
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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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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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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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