We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
ALAN HIRSCHNowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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Many 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.
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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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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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And every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
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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 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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Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
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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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Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world.
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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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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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