THE BIBLE SPEAKS TODAY / BIBLE THEMES SERIES EDITOR DEREK TIDBALL
UPC: 0830824073
- Publisher : IVP Academic; First Edition (August 15, 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0830824073
- ISBN-13 : 978-0830824076/ 9780830824076
- Item Weight : 11.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.75 x 8 inches
Mission is not an optional "extra" for those few volunteers who "like that sort of thing." The church is called to be God's agents and representatives, a community shaped by the cross and mandated to reproduce and grow so that Jesus Christ may be more and more glorified. This exposition of fifteen passages of Scripture observes mission from the underside, giving attention to the connections between mission and suffering and even martyrdom, and to the historical importance of the church's conducting mission out of weakness. All Christian mission has its fountainhead in the God revealed in Scripture, who sent his Son for us, sends his Spirit to us and summons all people to himself. In a unique East-West partnership, Howard Peskett and Vinoth Ramachandra explore the missional privilege and responsibility of the church: to testify by its words and deeds to Jesus Christ, God's unique Son, crucified, risen and ascended.
Christian mission has its fountainhead in the God revealed in Scripture, who sent his Son for us, sends his Spirit to us and summons all people to himself. The church is called to be a community shaped by the cross and mandated to grow so that Jesus Christ may be more and more glorified. In a unique East-West partnership, Howard Peskett and Vinoth Ramachandra explore fifteen passages of Scripture, giving attention to the connections between mission and suffering and even martyrdom, and to the historical importance of the church's conducting mission out of weakness.
"Here is the biblical theology of mission I have been waiting for. The authors are practitioners of transcultural Christian mission who formulate the key questions, applying honest scholarship in their search for answers from Scripture. The result is a clear, readable exposition in dialogue with contemporary cultural trends."
SAMUEL ESCOBAR, Thornley B. Wood Professor of Missiology, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and missionary in Spain "This work quite definitely confirms the close connection between discipleship and the wider dimensions of the mission of the church."
C. RENÉ PADILLA, President Emeritus, Kairos Foundation, Buenos Aires As a companion to the Bible Speaks Today commentaries, the Bible Speaks Today Bible Themes Series focuses on the message of key biblical texts supporting differing facets of Christian doctrine in conversation with the history of Christian tradition. Rooted in Christian heritage and interactive with contemporary culture, this series provides a rich resource for preaching, teaching and spiritual growth. Howard Peskett is vice principal of Trinity College, Bristol, where he teaches mission. With his wife he spent twenty years in Singapore teach-
ing at the Discipleship Training Centre and as director of research at OMF International. Vinoth Ramachandra is secretary for dialogue and social engagement (Asia), International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. He is the author of The Recovery of Mission, Faiths in Conflict? and Gods That Fail.
