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 HIRSCHGo among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The fact is that if Jesus’s future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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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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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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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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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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