The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative (Google eBook)

Christopher J. H. Wright

InterVarsity Press, Jan 30, 2013 - Religion

Winner, 2007 Christianity Today Missions/Global Affairs BookMost Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that mission is bigger than that--there is in fact a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission.In order to understand the Bible, we need a missional hermeneutic of the Bible, an interpretive perspective that is in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see the "big picture" of God's mission and how the familiar bits and pieces fit into the grand narrative of Scripture.Beginning with the Old Testament and the groundwork it lays for understanding who God is, what he has called his people to be and do, and how the nations fit into God's mission, Wright gives us a new hermeneutical perspective on Scripture. This new perspective provides a solid and expansive basis for holistic mission. Wright emphasizes throughout a holistic mission as the proper shape of Christian mission. God's mission is to reclaim the world--and that includes the created order--and God's people have a designated role to play in that mission.

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Review: The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative

User Review  - James - Goodreads

Though not very accessible to lay people, this book is invaluable especially in the North American (particularly southern US) context I am familiar with. MISSION IS MORE THAN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS.

Review: The Mission Of God: Unlocking The Bible's Grand Narrative

User Review  - Ian Guy - Goodreads

Just started reading this. Purports to explain what the whole story of the Bible is about. What I've read so far is well written. I think it's going to be exciting and enlightening.

Contents

• Searching for a Missional Hermeneutic: 33
• Shaping a Missional Hermeneutic: 48
• THE GOD OF MISSION: 71
• The Living God Makes Himself Known in Israel: 75
• The Living God Makes Himself Known in Jesus Christ: 105
• The Living God Confronts Idolatry: 136
• THE PEOPLE OF MISSION: 189
• Gods Elect People Chosen for Blessing: 191
• Gods Particular People Chosen for All: 222
• Gods Model of Redemption The Exodus: 265
• Gods Model of Restoration The Jubilee: 289
• The Span of Gods Missional Covenant: 324
• The Life of Gods Missional People: 357
• THE ARENA OF MISSION: 393
• Mission and Gods Earth: 397
• Mission and Gods Image: 421
• God and the Nations in Old Testament Vision: 454
• God and the Nations in New Testament Mission: 501
• Epilogue: 531
• Bibliography: 537
• Name Index: 559
• Subject Index: 562

About the author

Christopher J. H. Wright (Ph.D., Cambridge) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His doctorate is in Old Testament ethics. He taught Old Testament in India for five years (1983-1988) at Union Biblical Seminary, and then returned to the faculty of All Nations Christian College, a missionary training school in England, where he was principal from 1993-2001. Wright is now the international director of the Langham Partnership International (known in the United States as John Stott Ministries), providing literature, scholarships and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written several books including commentaries on Deuteronomy and Ezekiel, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God and Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament. An ordained Anglican, he serves on the staff of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative
• Author: Christopher J. H. Wright
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0830864962, 9780830864966
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General