A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.
ALAN HIRSCHBuilding community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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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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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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When the church is in mission, it is the true church.
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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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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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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