The Greatness of The Great Commission by Kenneth L. gentry Jr.

[baron]

This book is being offered for free. It comes in a pdf format but able to read. Do not know anything about book or author but you can get book at this link. Do not know how many downloads they are offering.

FREE eBook – The Greatness of the Great Commission by Kenneth L. Gentry | Puritan Rising

 

[Pergamum]

See this recent thread:


http://www.puritanboard.com/f71/missionarys-job-transform-culture-70055/

I read Gentry, but suspiciously...I am sure his views distort what he says about missions.

 

[Kevin]

I liked it. And I recommend it to people often.

 

[Pergamum]

Christ calls us to "disciple all nations," and this reference to
"nations" involves the idea of "cultures" (as per our earlier
discussion). Consequently, we must have a concern for the
governments of the nations, as an important aspect of culture.
To pietistically omit concern for civil government is to truncate
the implications of the Great Commission.

Gentry seems to be saying that the Great Commission also has direct political implications.

Thus, Gentry would say that missionaries ought to transform cultures.

Christians must begin applying the Great Commission, indeed,
aU of Scripture, to the fundamental institutions of social
order: the family, the Church, and the State. This will be especially
incumbent upon American Christians, who are now not
only facing a secular humanistic government on one hand, but
also an increasingly non-Christian society on the other. "There
are now more Muslims than Methodists in the U. S."18 In fact,
there has been a 300% increase in the Muslim population injust
ten years.19
Regarding the family, we must remember that ifwe "train up
a child in the way he should go" then "even when he is old he
will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6).
Regarding the Church, we must recall that "It is time for
judgment to begin with the household of God" (I Pet.4:17a).
Regarding the State we must recognize that "If My people
who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and
seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land" (2
Chron.7:14).

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I don't really see the family and the state directly involved in Jesus' giving of the Great Commission.

 

[baron]

I read Gentry, but suspiciously...I am sure his views distort what he says about missions.

I started the book and in the Publisher Forewardit states, I realized at the time that his view of the Great Commission, if accepted widely by the church, would transform not only the Church but the Christian concept of civilization. This was on page 14 of my Kindle.

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Gentry seems to be saying that the Great Commission also has direct political implications.

When it come to political implications and the church I become like a deer in the headlights. I just freeze up. Maybe I should not read the book then.

 

[Peairtach]

When it come to political implications and the church I become like a deer in the headlights. I just freeze up. Maybe I should not read the book then.

What do you mean? I have the book but have not read it. I'm sure it provides food for thought.

I would disagree with Gentry on his simplistic use of the Old Covenant penal law. He is a theonomist.

Take the meat and leave the bones.

 

[sastark]

Downloaded it and look forward to reading it! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

 

[baron]

What do you mean?

I sat in churches that would preach more political sermons than gospel sermons. I will read the book, I'm sure I will learn something.

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Downloaded it and look forward to reading it! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

I'm happy I could be of some use this day. Hope you enjoy the book.

 

[Peairtach]

Baron

I sat in churches that would preach more political sermons than gospel sermons.

Well this might put you off certain books.

There may be some more biblical ways of bringing societal, economic and civic ethics into sermons, or into other forms of Christian teaching, than others.