But 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.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
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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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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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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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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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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.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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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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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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