We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
ALAN HIRSCHA retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
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The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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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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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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Interestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
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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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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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