The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
ALAN HIRSCHReconnecting 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.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.
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Built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.
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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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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age.
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You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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More data is not always the answer.
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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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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face.
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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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