What Is the Great Commission? (Crucial Questions)
Overview
After his resurrection, Jesus gave his disciples a mission: to go to all the nations and make disciples, baptizing and teaching them. That remains the continuing mission of the church today. In this book, R. C. Sproul explores the Great Commission by laying out the biblical basis for missions, defining the gospel and evangelism, and addressing the need to mobilize Christian believers for missions. He also touches on methods of evangelism, while pointing ultimately to the one who promised that he would build his church. This book is a challenge to the church and to individual Christians to obey Jesus’ command to go and make disciples.
Top Highlights
“Martin Luther once said, ‘Every Christian must become Christ to his neighbor.’” (Page 9)
“Our social concern flows out of the gospel—it does not replace the gospel.” (Page 8)
“That’s why people are often so hostile to the proclamation of the gospel: they understand that if it is true, life can never be the same.” (Page 6)
“The Greek word translated ‘disciple,’ mathētēs, means ‘one who is a learner or student.’ It’s part of the church’s mission to be involved in instructing and catechizing—that is, in discipling—people; this involves not just asking for an initial commitment, but rooting and grounding people in the whole counsel of God.” (Pages 12–13)
“evangelism is less about the method one uses and more about the message one proclaims” (Page 32)
- Title: What Is the Great Commission?
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Edition: First edition
- Series: The Crucial Questions Series
- Publisher: Reformation Trust
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Great Commission (Bible)
- ISBNs: 9781567694987, 1567694985
- Resource ID: LLS:WHTSGRTCMMSSN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:47:51Z
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.
