The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
Alan HirschThe ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
Alan HirschWhether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles, expressions of the Holy Spiritโs power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture. And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting, all their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
Alan HirschBeing the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in Godโs 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 churchโreconnecting 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.
Alan Hirsch