For Mission The Need for Scriptural ..., Joseph Boot
For Mission The Need for Scriptural ..., Joseph Boot
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For Mission: The Need for Scriptural Cultural Theology

Author: Joseph Boot

Narrator: Ryan Eras

Unabridged: 1 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2019


Synopsis

The fullness and vigour of Christianity has been in decline in the life of the West, the application of gospel truths often limited to personal evangelism and our personal prayer life. But this is a radically narrow view of the Christian mission. In the biblical narrative we see a vision for the mission of God’s people that is nothing less than the faithful worship of God in every area of life and culture – in our laws, educational institutions, politics, and arts, to name just a few.

Reviews

Short booklet presenting how Christians have reduced the gospel and the kingdom to a pietistic, retreatist, narrow minded enterprise. Boot gives the helpful distinction between Christianity and what he calls “Churchianity” which is the equivalence of Gods kingdom with only the institutional church.......more

Goodreads review by Mason

Every believer needs to read this! Short, concise but powerful analysis of the mission of the Kingdom of God and what role the Christian and the Church must begin to play in it. I also appreciated his critique of both gnostic “churchanity” and the “social gospel” influenced by the Greek philosophy w......more