All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
ALAN HIRSCHBeing the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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Our point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
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And every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
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We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
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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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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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