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The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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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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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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