If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture.
ALAN HIRSCHThe kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase “missional church” lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.
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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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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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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
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Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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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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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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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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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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