When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible. The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus. To obstruct this is to block God's purposes in and through his people.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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