Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
ALAN HIRSCHWorship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
ALAN HIRSCHTruth is narrow, but grace is wide.
ALAN HIRSCHOur preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
ALAN HIRSCHMost churches don’t have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
ALAN HIRSCHA capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
ALAN HIRSCHNowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
ALAN HIRSCHLiminality and adventure or continue to remain a religious ghetto for culturally co-opted, fearful, middle-class folk.
ALAN HIRSCHMission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
ALAN HIRSCHTo obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
ALAN HIRSCHThe kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
ALAN HIRSCHIn short, we find the faith of leap.
ALAN HIRSCHThere is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
ALAN HIRSCHOur point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
ALAN HIRSCHWho knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
ALAN HIRSCHIn order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
ALAN HIRSCHJudgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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