Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world. 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—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.
The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone. - Alan Hirsch
The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
- Alan Hirsch
It's not so much that the church has a mission, it's that the mission of God has a church. - Alan Hirsch
It's not so much that the church has a mission, it's that the mission of God has a church.
The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now. - Alan Hirsch
The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
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 Hirsch
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.
Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress. - Alan Hirsch
Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time. - Alan Hirsch
The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian. - Alan Hirsch
Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal se… - Alan Hirsch
Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal se…
Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in eve… - Alan Hirsch
Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in eve…
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