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 HIRSCHOur point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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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.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.
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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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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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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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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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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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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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