Blind Spots Quotes

“Without a distinctly Christian understanding of mission, we offer them nothing better than what they can find on afternoon TV or a therapist’s couch. If your faith demands nothing, you will give nothing.”
― Collin Hansen, Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous, Compassionate, and Commissioned Church

“If your church can’t offer a compelling alternative to professional football, golf, or sleep, your church will end up like the mom-and-pop general store after WalMart moves to town. So commissioned churches experiment with new methods to spread the gospel at a time when we cannot assume a broadly Christian understanding of sin or framework for responding to the message of salvation.”
― Collin Hansen, Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous, Compassionate, and Commissioned Church

“If you’re a commissioned Christian, you know that we cannot simply expect neighbors to show up in church. We cannot even expect that our own children will feel obligated to carry on our religious traditions.”
― Collin Hansen, Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous, Compassionate, and Commissioned Church

“The only true good news transcends every culture and translates into every culture. The one real gospel judges every culture and justifies in every culture.”
― Collin Hansen, Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous, Compassionate, and Commissioned Church

“We have courage,then,not because we trust in our own wisdom or strength but because we trust in a God who loves his people and delights to show it. Courage does not calculate the odds, it appears odd to the world because it trusts in deliverance from another.”
― Collin Hansen, Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous, Compassionate, and Commissioned Church

“Without courage you cannot love the unlovely. Without courage you cannot discipline your children, tell your friend she's making a destructive decision, or say no to temptation. Without courage you cannot talk about Jesus who don't have ears yet to hear.”
― Collin Hansen, Blind Spots: Becoming a Courageous, Compassionate, and Commissioned Church