Great Commission, Great Compassion
Great Commission, Great Compassion

Great Commission, Great Compassion

Following Jesus and Loving the World

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Go and do. Jesus commands it, and the world needs it. Word and deed go together. One without the other is not enough. We follow Jesus into all the world, and we follow his example in all we do. Mission mobilizer Paul Borthwick shows how proclamation and demonstration of the gospel go hand in hand. God gives us the Great Commission, Matthew 28's call to go wherever Jesus sends us, making disciples and proclaiming good news to all nations. And we become people of his Great Compassion, Matthew 25's vision for treating others as we would treat Jesus himself, caring for the needy and living justly. Borthwick offers practical ways for us to live out the Great Commission and Great Compassion in every sphere of our lives. Holistic discipleship means learning and looking, praying and giving, welcoming the stranger, simplifying our lives and standing with and for others on God's behalf. Small steps can make a big difference in the mission of God. Will you answer the call?
ISBN: 9780830898916
Producer: InterVarsity Press
Weight: 0.001kg
Binding: Digital delivered electronically
File size: 1.9MB
Release Date: 09.12.2015
Language: English

Book contents

Foreword by Christopher J.H. Wright Introduction: Choices 1. How Shall We Then Live? 2. Commission and Context: Living Out Jesus' Final Imperatives 3. Five Great Commissions, One By One 4. The Great Commission: Three Takeaways 5. The Great Compassion: Caring for the Disadvantaged 6. The Great Compassion: Eight Takeaways 7. Choose: Committing to Kingdom Mission in Our Personal Choices 8. Learn: Developing an Ongoing Posture of Learning and Discovery 9. Look: Opening Our Eyes and Responding to Needs and Opportunities 10. Pray: Remembering That We Have Access to the Throne Room of God Almighty 11. Welcome and Celebrate: Looking for Ways to Welcome the Stranger 12. Simplify and Give: Making a Generous Lifestyle a Priority 13. Stand Together: Finding Like-Minded People and Advocating for Others 14. Go: Serving Crossculturally and Leaving Our Comfort Zone Epilogue: Witnessing to All the Senses Acknowledgments Recommended Resources Appendix: One Hundred Ideas for Great Commission, Great Compassion Outreach Notes About the Author

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Paul Borthwick
Paul Borthwick (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior consultant for Development Associates International and teaches global Christianity at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Through his speaking, writing and resource ministry, Borthwick works to mobilize others to participate in world missions. Borthwick is an active speaker and teacher, having taught courses at Gordon College, Africa International University (Nairobi), Alliance Theological Seminary (Manila) and Lanka Bible College (Sri Lanka), plus a guest faculty position at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously he served for more than twenty years on the staff of Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts, first as youth pastor and then as minister of missions. Borthwick is the author of , , , , and other books and Bible studies. He and his wife Christie have been married since 1979 and they live in Lexington, Massachusetts, when not traveling internationally.

Christopher J. H. Wright(Foreword)
Christopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, providing literature, scholarships, and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written many books including commentaries on Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel, , , , and An ordained priest in the Church of England, Chris spent five years teaching the Old Testament at Union Biblical Seminary in India, and thirteen years as academic dean and then principal of All Nations Christian College, an international training center for cross-cultural mission in England. He was chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group from 2005-2011 and the chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment from the Third Lausanne Congress, 2010.

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