Sermons About Strange
The Wider Christian Mission: Encountering Estranged New Worlds
The book of Acts is a missionary book. Like the rest of Scripture it is about God’s mission to redeem a broken world. The missionary God sent is His one and only Son. He sent him into an estranged world so that rebels can be restored. The missionary Son sends His 12 disciples into the world to spread the good news (gospel) of God’s saving love. The Father and Son sent the missionary Holy Spirit to effectively call people to Himself. And in each place “all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” (13.48) Today in the Word we look at Acts 13 and 14. It chronicles the first missionary journey of the church through Paul and Barnabas. Here we see the wider Christian mission - beyond Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria - into all kinds of strange and estranged new worlds. But in each place, the gospel is supremely relevant to the needs of all kinds of people. This was their mission, but it is our mission as well. A look backwards, will help us go forward as we encounter other strange new worlds the gospel must enter.
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