Category Archives: Missions
“For us, not by us” by Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert
“Just as it is God and not we who will establish His kingship over the world, so it is God and not we who will create the new earth in which that kingship is exercised. In fact, that’s really the … Continue reading
“Do you love the Lord’s appearing?” by George E. Ladd
“Here is the motive of our mission: the final victory awaits the completion of our task. ‘And then the end will come.’ There is no other verse in the Word of God which says, ‘And then the end will come.’ … Continue reading
“An explosion of joy” by Lesslie Newbigin
“There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to speak of ‘the missionary mandate.’ This way of putting the matter is certainly not without justification, … Continue reading
“From His heart to ours” by John Stott
“Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.” –John Stott, The Contemporary Christian: An Urgent Plea for Double Listening … Continue reading
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“The church must begin its mission with doxology” by Carl Braaten
“The church must begin its mission with doxology, otherwise everything peters out into social activism and aimless programs.” –Carl E. Braaten, “The Mission of the Gospel to the Nations,” Dialog 30 (1991): 127.
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“This is The Story” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“When we grasp that the whole Bible constitutes the coherent revelation of the mission of God, when we see this as the key that unlocks the driving purposefulness of the whole grand narrative, then we find our whole world view … Continue reading
“The whole Gospel” by Christopher J.H. Wright
“There is no other power, no other resource, no other name through which we can offer the whole Gospel to the whole person and the whole world than Jesus Christ crucified and risen.” –Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of … Continue reading
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