More data is not always the answer.
ALAN HIRSCHMore data is not always the answer.
ALAN HIRSCHBeing the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
ALAN HIRSCHA capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
ALAN HIRSCHThe appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face.
ALAN HIRSCHBut the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
ALAN HIRSCHBuilding community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
ALAN HIRSCHIf a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
ALAN HIRSCHInterestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
ALAN HIRSCHMany church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people’s perception of the gospel.
ALAN HIRSCHBut herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
ALAN HIRSCHWe are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
ALAN HIRSCHBut because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
ALAN HIRSCHEvery disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
ALAN HIRSCHYou plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
ALAN HIRSCHAll their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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