"Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age, it not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective."

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Source : "The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage (Shapevine)". Book by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost, 2011.

Alan Hirsch

#Biblical Quotes #Greed Quotes #Vision Quotes

“There should be no censorship of mail.”
“I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.”
“I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.”
“Art talk is punk. Let the movie do your speaking for you.”

Source : Source: www.newyorker.com
“It doesn't matter what you've done in the past - what matters are the choices you make right now. God gives you the chance to start over with every breath.”
“An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.”
“If you were music I would listen to you ceaselessly Â Â Â Â Â Â And my low spirits would brighten up.”
“I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2002). “The House of the Scorpion”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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