In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
ALAN HIRSCHThe quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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Most 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.
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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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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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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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Liminality and adventure or continue to remain a religious ghetto for culturally co-opted, fearful, middle-class folk.
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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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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
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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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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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Reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.
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