The Nations Be Glad, By John Piper

In their book The Great Commission to Worship: Biblical Principles for Worship-Based Evangelism, authors David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley contribute their respective expertise in evangelism and worship in an attempt to synthesize the two categories by showing each fundamental imperative of the Christian disciple to be integral to and an outflow of the other. The impetus for evangelism par excellence is the “great commission”

In the book Let the Nations be Glad, Piper Explains the close relationship missions and worship share. Missions exist because of worship, and worship is a result of our Love of Christ in our hearts that drives us to glorify him, and naturally do missions. The nations are the focus of mission, and Piper explains why he believes that the Biblical mission includes evangelism with the nations in sight instead of only individuals. Piper systematically outlines the evidence that hell exists and what it is, he also outlines the reason that knowing Christ is the only way to be saved by trusting in him as your savior.

Dana Roberts, in her book, Christian Mission; How Christianity Became A World Religion, makes a multitude of statements and provides very useful insight into how mission, specifically Christian mission, has historically been engaged through politically charged issues. Throughout this paper, I will use several of her examples to explain how Christianity has wiggled its way into the form of mission throughout the world. Examples will be show as to how some mission is indeed, following the statement that Jeremy Besset made in his class, COS Mission 423 in the spring of 2016 that the goal of God’s mission is the restoration of creation to the shape in which God originally made it. The paper will also address areas where mission is not necessarily

Primary sources, mainly employed in this study, comprise works written by Watchman Nee, including his sermons, talks, and notes. It is noticed that Nee mostly talked about missions (or Nee calls it, “the work”) in The Normal Christian Church Life (the Collective Works of Watchman Nee, Vol. 30), also entitled as Rethinking the Work or Concerning Our Missions. This volume dramatically helps the readers understand Nee’s thoughts and teachings on ecclesiology.

Galindo analyzes that the fundamental “mission” of a congregation is the same as any other congregation that exists in any part of the world. He argues that though every congregation has a mission and a vision, at the same time, it shares a basic common mission. (43) This reminds me of my home church The First Church of Evanston and my Field Site, The Evanston Vineyard Church. Both churches have a common mission of welcoming people to the church, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, racial, and economic and, gender backgrounds. The mission is to help people be received in the house of God with due and deserved Christian love so that they feel loved and welcomed. Both these churches encourage church attendees to attend the service and receive the Eucharist.

In the world of the Church there must be a mission to be captured. If it is not to go and spread the Gospel, what is the point of the church? The Missio Dei stands as a guide for the church. Describing the Church’s mission through Missio Dei requires a look at not only the Abrahamic Covenant and relationship between the church and missions, but the role of missions within the church as whole.

“I have carefully and thoroughly read the entire book as assigned.” Throughout David Platt’s book, “Radical : Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream”, he encourages the reader to take a look at their life and see whether or not Christ is all they need to impact their life for Jesus in a radical way. He asks the reader to carefully examine their life, and see if there are areas that perhaps the Lord would desire for change to take place. Platt challenges the Church to step up and see the urgency in missions realizing that this is the way God designed the lost and dying world to hear the Good News of the Risen and Glorified Savior Jesus Christ.

In his new book Becoming the Gospel Michael Gorman provides an interesting look at the life and letters of the apostle Paul. Gorman wants his readers to consider that more than knowing the gospel and its power to save, Paul want his recipients of his letters to live out the gospel in their lives. Thus Gorman’s central argument in this book is that “Paul wanted the communities he addressed…to become the gospel, and in so doing to participate in the very life and mission of God” (Gorman 2). Gorman explores this idea by taking the reader through a look at the letters of Paul using a “missio Dei” lens, to provide a new view of what Paul is teaching to these early Christian communities.

It has been said that worship is the core or center of mission. The ultimate goal of any missionary is to bring people (entire people groups) into a passionate, relationship with God. John Piper states,

Whereas, in understanding the nature of mission as given to us in the New and Old Testament, it's reveal the that God is the author of mission is by laying much emphasis on what God rather than man does this reveal in the term Missio Dei, God's mission. This in term let it be known that it is insufficient to proclaim that the Church of God has a mission in the world. Rather, the God of mission has a Church in the world. In reading Introducing World Missions, one would come to understand that " mission theology must be at the core of theology - within the character and action of God Himself." This being a part of God show the need of God to be a part of His creation with Him being the source by which the characterizing of the worlds is seen in Him. When we look at the work of Jesus then we see the root cause of mission and the mean by which on

When it came to the Theology of Prosperity we discovered that it boiled down to this: those who have money, health, and are essentially successful in every facet of life have been rewarded for their faith in God. This theology predicts that those who are not successful in every aspect of their lives, whether it be financially, martially, health, general well-being, have not been completely faithful to God. The Theology of Prosperity (Also referred to as ‘Prosperity Gospel,’

Piper’s book is said to be one of the most important books on missions and worship that is available today. The book covers multiple themes including the purpose and power of missions to the understanding of God’s love and compassion for all nations. From the start of the novel, the author shines a light toward missions and worship but also connects it to God’s desire to be praised among the nations. Although one, single book, the novel is divided up in three sections with the sole purpose to make evident that God is prime in missions.

God has a plan to reconcile His relationship with man after sin entered the world. This plan revolves around making His name known throughout all tribes and nations. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, the Bible presents God’s missionary purpose for humanity. For this reason, Christians involved in missions will travel to dangerous places to proclaim God’s name and saving power.

The first section deals with the issue of missions within a larger global context. The authors explain their purpose is to, “describe major trends in the world to which we minister” (14). The text deals with globalization, changing demographics, the movement of world religions and the world’s shift from modernity to post modernity. The authors argue for an emphasis on globalization stressing that globalization changes the context in which we minister. “Globalization matters because it fundamentally changes the contexts in which we minister; the way people and cultures perceive each other; how people think and the means available to reach them” (24). Globalization has affected the way Christians view the world and also how Christians share the Gospel. The authors identify the changing demographics and engage the reasons why individuals are moving away from their country of birth. The authors provide detailed description of the issues facing migration as well as evaluations and ways for

First of all, any missional mental model should be derived from missio Dei itself, which is "the mission of God to bring about redemption of the world" (Sunquist 2013, 7). When we carry this mission out in suffering for God’s eternal glory, we need to imagine how in the future his goodness, his beauty, and his harmony will cover the entire creation. I think it’s necessary for us to have this vision of his glory and be aware that whatever we do is not our own ministry. The idea of us joining the ministry of Jesus Christ is