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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
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Johannesburg
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South Africa
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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.
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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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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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If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion, who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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