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.
ALAN HIRSCHAt some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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Our point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
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Expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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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 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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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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