Gospel and Worldview

8/18/2019 Gospel and Worldview

1/14

Gospel, Story,Gospel, Story,

Worldview, and theWorldview, and the

Church’s MissionChurch’s Mission

Living at the Crossroads

Chapter One


2/14

Gospel of the KingdomGospel of the Kingdom

Good news! "he #ingdom ofGod is here!

$nnouncement that God isacting decisively in history in%esus Christ

$nnouncement a&out the goalof cosmic history


3/14

"he 'i&le as Grand (arrative"he 'i&le as Grand (arrative

"he Old "estament tells its story as

the story or, rather, as part of that

ultimate and universal story thatwill ultimately em&race the whole

of creation, time, and humanity

within its scope) *n other words, in

reading these te+ts we are invited

to em&race a metanarrative, a

grand narrative Chris Wright-)


4/14


5/14

*t’s going to rain


6/14

Story 6rovides Conte+tStory 6rovides Conte+t

"he day of our picnic

6lague of drought 6rediction of rain few days ago

3li7ah on Mt) Carmel


7/14

/uman life given meaning &y/uman life given meaning &y

storystory

"he way we understand human

life depends on whatconception we have of the

human story) What is the real

story of which my life story isa part8 Lesslie (ew&igin-


8/14


9$s the .ather has sent me, *

am sending you: %ohn ;


9/14

C) Wright on mission ) ) )C) Wright on mission ) ) )

Mission is 9a ma7or #ey that unloc#s thewhole grand narrative of the canon ofScripture):

"he 'i&le tells 9the story of God’smission through God’s people in theirengagement with God’s world for thesa#e of God’s whole creation):

"he mission of the people of God is9our committed participation as God’s

people, at God’s invitation andcommand, in God’s own mission withinthe history of God’s world for the

redemption of God’s creation):


10/14

Comprehensive Scope ofComprehensive Scope of


"he Spirit thrusts God’s people into worldwidemission) /e impels young and old, men andwomen, to go ne+t door and far away intoscience and art, media and mar#etplace with the

good news of God’s grace) ) ) )

.ollowing the apostles, the church is sent>sentwith the gospel of the #ingdom) ) ) ) *n a worldestranged from God, where millions face

confusing choices, this mission is central to our &eing) ) ) )

"he rule of %esus Christ covers the whole world)"o follow this Lord is to serve him everywhere,without fitting in, as light in the dar#ness, as salt

in a spoiling world)


11/14

Living in "wo StoriesLiving in "wo Stories

*n our contemporary culture ) ) ) two 4uitedi erent stories are told) One is the storyof evolution, of the development of thespecies through the survival of the strong,and the story of the rise of civili?ation,our type of civili?ation, and its success ingiving human#ind mastery of nature) "heother story is the one em&odied in the'i&le, the story of creation and fall, of

God’s election of a people to &e the &earers of his purpose for human#ind,and of the coming of the one in whomthat purpose is to &e fulfilled) These aretwo different and incompatible stories

Lesslie (ew&igin-)


12/14

Living at the CrossroadsLiving at the Crossroads


13/14

Living at the CrossroadsLiving at the Crossroads

Missionary encounter

O@

Compromise

Western church2 9an advanced case of

syncretism: (ew&igin-


14/14

Li&erating the Gospel andLi&erating the Gospel and

Church for Missionary 3ncounter Church for Missionary 3ncounter

9"he gospel is li#e a caged

lion5 it doesn’t need to &e

defended, 7ust released:Martin Luther-

Can the category of

Aworldview’ help with this

li&eration8

Gospel and Worldview

Documents

Transcript of Gospel and Worldview