Are You a Great Commission Leader?
How are you honouring the Great Commission as a leader in the church? Here are ten questions you can ask yourself in order to see to what extent you are mindful of the Great Commission in your labours.
How are you honouring the Great Commission as a leader in the church? Here are ten questions you can ask yourself in order to see to what extent you are mindful of the Great Commission in your labours.
What are the hindrances to the Great Commission? This article explains that though many churches talk about the Great Commission, not many fulfill it.
The Great Commission should be a burden on the heart of every Christian. This article lists eight things that can help churches think globally, and fulfill the mandate of the Great Commission.
How should the church think about the matter of social justice? This article explains that the way to start thinking rightly about the subject is by exploring the relationship between the Great Commission and the great commandment.
Some have argued that the Reformers had a poorly developed missiology. This article responds by explaining that the Reformers in fact recovered the Great Commission. To show this, it reviews the missiology of John Calvin.
Can the Great Commission be taken personally? This article argues that discipleship has always been done by a group of Christians each reaching out to the people around them.
This article is about the Great Commission. God gives believers strength for evangelism and mission work.
What should be the relationship between evangelism and social action in mission work? Should they both characterize missions? To answer these questions this article looks at different views on this issue. It discusses the relationship between the Great Commission, the Great Commandment, and the call to the church to seek justice.
This article contains a framework for a sermon on Matthew 28:16-20, the Great Commission.
What is redaction criticism? Osborne argues that it is a very positive tool for biblical interpretation. The aim of this article is to apply redaction criticism to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:16-20, to work towards a better understanding of the passage. Osborne then wants to apply it for a better understanding of inerrancy.
Beale notes the cultic affinities drawn between the garden of Eden and the temple of Israel. The word pair usually translated as "cultivate" ('abad) and "keep" (shamar) occur together in the Old Testament elsewhere referring only either to Israelites "serving" God and "guarding" (keeping) God's Word, or to priests who "keep" the "service" (or "charge") of the tabernacle.
Chapter 2 wants to answer the question, “What is the church’s mission in the world?” The authors think it best to start with the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19. First, they examine a few other passages that are sometimes understood as offering a fuller mission identity for the church: Genesis 12:1-3, Exodus 19:5–6, Luke 4:16–21.