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.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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The surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
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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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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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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
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Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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Interestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
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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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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
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It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.
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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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