The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Many programs for outreach, discipleship, and spiritual discipline are available at any bookstore and on countless websites. We assume that we already know the nature of the Great Commission and the appropriate methods of carrying it out. But Michael Horton contends that it too often becomes our mission instead of God’s. At a time when churches are zealously engaged in writing up mission statements and strategic plans, he argues that we must ask ourselves anew whether we’re ambassadors, following the script we’ve been given—or whether we’re building our own kingdoms with our own blueprint. Pastors, church leaders, and readers of Horton’s Christless Christianity and The Gospel-Driven Life will value this frank and hopeful exploration of the Great Commission as a call to understanding and good practice.
The Logos Bible Software edition of The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples is designed to encourage and stimulate your study of the Bible. Scripture passages link directly to your preferred translation and important theological concepts link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. In addition, you can perform powerful searches by topic and find what other authors, scholars, and theologians have to say about the subject matter, making this collection ideal for studying and interpreting the Bible.
Key Features
- Offers a close examination of the Great Commission
- Examines “The Mission Statement” of the Great Commission
- Discusses specific sources, goals, strategies and methods that Christ mandated for this time between his two comings
Praise for the Print Edition
Mike Horton has written the best book I’ve ever read on the Great Commission. Mike demonstrates in delectably deep and down-to-earth ways that no matter how hard we try or how ‘radical’ we get, any engine smaller than the gospel that we depend on for power to do what God has called us to do—most importantly, the Great Commission—will conk out.
—Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Product Details
- Title: The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples
- Author: Michael Horton
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2012
- Pages: 320
About Michael Horton
Michael Horton is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is the main host of the White Horse Inn radio broadcast and the editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books.
Top Highlights
“The church’s commission is indeed directed by a purpose (‘making disciples of all nations’), but it is driven by a promise.” (Page 24)
“Disciples are learners first; then they will be servants of their Master.” (Page 138)
“According to numerous studies, most Americans consider themselves ‘spiritual, but not religious.’ In other words, they dabble in whatever beliefs and practices they find intuitively valid and useful for daily living, but they resist any threat to their individual autonomy. They are willing to be consumers in the spiritual marketplace, but not disciples of Jesus Christ. However, Jesus warns, ‘Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven’ (Matt. 7:21).” (Page 133)
“‘baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you’ (Matt. 28:18–20). Being Christ’s disciples means bringing people into the sphere of the church’s ministry of preaching and sacrament. It involves being instructed not just in the basics of biblical teaching, but in everything Jesus commanded for our doctrine and life.” (Page 138)
“Instead of reaching the lost, are we losing the reached? Or are those reared in our own churches being truly reached in the first place? Do they know what they believe and why they believe it? Are we making disciples even of our own members—our own children—much less the nations?” (Page 11)
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