The Great Commission Lifestyle: Conforming Your Life to Kingdom Priorities
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
When it comes to obeying Jesus’ command to make disciples of all nations, are you a bit uncertain about how to begin? In this book, Robert E. Coleman shows how discipleship was designed to be a way of life for all Christians. These pages offer a practical and personal application of the principles found in The Master Plan of Evangelism. Using the text of Matthew as an outline, Coleman focuses on the recurring themes of Jesus’ resurrection message to the church: his affirmation, his mandate, and his promise of the Holy Spirit.
A study guide is included in the text to make The Great Commission Lifestyle useful for both individuals and groups. Whether you are in a leadership position or are a “member of the flock,” this enlightening book will compel you to accept the Great Commission as your own unique and personal calling of evangelism each and every day.
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- Uses the text of Matthew as an outline
- Focuses on the themes of Jesus’ resurrection message to the church
- Offers a useful study guide for both individuals and groups
- The Affirmation
- The Mandate
- The Promise
Top Highlights
“The Great Commission calls us to measure our lives now by this heavenly vision. Whatever does not contribute to its fulfillment is an exercise in futility. So looking to Jesus, let us ‘go out’ to claim our inheritance. The best is yet to be! We are on our way to a great reunion with all the saints of light, when we shall behold our Lord in the glory of His Kingdom.” (Page 23)
“Tragically, however, the chosen people seldom fulfill their role in world evangelization. More often than not they succumb to the sins of the pagans about them and have neither a witness nor a sense of mission to their neighbors.” (Pages 12–13)
“What He asserts here, of course, is implied in the authoritative way disciples are sent forth as well as in the message given them to preach. Jesus is Lord, able to do whatever He wills, and before Him every knee must bow.” (Page 19)
“Clearly God’s purpose is to reach every human being with the gospel (1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9). There is no distinction between home missions and foreign missions: It is all world evangelism.” (Page 20)
“Out of this Great Commandment flows the Great Commission.” (Page 97)
Robert E. Coleman is distinguished professor of evangelism and discipleship at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously, he taught at Asbury Theological Seminary for 27 years. He also served as director of the School of World Mission and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for 18 years, and while there, he served both as dean of the Billy Graham International Schools of Evangelism, and as director of the Billy Graham Center Institute of Evangelism at Wheaton College. Dr. Coleman is a prolific author, having written hundreds of articles and over 20 books, though he is best known for The Master Plan of Evangelism. Translations of one or more of his books are published in 109 languages, with English editions alone exceeding 7 million copies.