Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
ALAN HIRSCHThis submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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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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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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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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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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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
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This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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