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1、“FinishtheMissionissuesaclarionreminderofGod’senduringpassiontoglorifyhimselfbyblessingallnationsonearth.Thegospelandmis-sionareinseparable.Aclearunderstandingofthemissionofthechurchisabsolutelyessentialintoday’sfast-changingglobalenvironment.”SteveRichardson,President,Pio
2、neers-USA“Whatwillittaketofinishthemission?Gospelseedmustfallintothegroundanddie.LordJesus,throughtheseheart-exposingpages,wouldyouthrustoutthousandsofrisk-takingdisciplestotheendsoftheearth?Maythiscompellingadmonitionjoltthechurchoutofcom-placencyandintothegatheringofyour
3、sheepfromamongtheearth’speoples.”DavidSitton,President,ToEveryTribe;author,RecklessAbandonandToEveryTribewithJesus“GoddefinesmarriageandGoddefinesmission.FinishtheMissionisavitalproclamationofanemphasisthatevenevangelicalsdodge—mostlyoutofembarrassment.PuttingGod’sopinions
4、aboveallothers,theauthorsportraywellGod’srescueoperationtothepeopleswhostillhavenofriendtohelpthemcomprehendtheEasterstory.AsJohnPipersays,‘We’reconcernedforallsuffering,butespeciallyeternalsuffering.’Seriousdiscipleswilltakethesedeclarationsseriously.”GregLivingstone,Foun
5、der,Frontiers;Coordinator,MinistriestoMuslims,EvangelicalPresbyterianChurchFinishtheMission.534836.i03.indd18/8/1211:16AMFinishtheMission.534836.i03.indd28/8/1211:16AMFINISHTHEMISSIONFinishtheMission.534836.i03.indd38/8/1211:16AMOTHERDESIRINGGODCONFERENCEBOOKSBYCROSSWAY:Th
6、inking.Loving.Doing.:ACalltoGlorifyGodwithHeartandMind,2011WithCalvinintheTheaterofGod:TheGloryofChristandEverydayLife,2010ThePowerofWordsandtheWonderofGod,2009Stand:ACallfortheEnduranceoftheSaints,2008TheSupremacyofChristinaPostmodernWorld,2007SufferingandtheSovereigntyof
7、God,2006SexandtheSupremacyofChrist,2005AGod-EntrancedVisionofAllThings:TheLegacyofJonathanEdwards,2004FinishtheMission.534836.i03.indd48/8/1211:16AMFINISHTHEMISSIONBRINGINGTHEGOSPELTOTHEUNREACHEDANDUNENGAGEDJOHNPIPERANDDAVIDMATHIS,EDITORSWHEATON,ILLINOISFinishtheMission.53
8、4836.i03.indd58/8/1211:16AMFinishtheMission:BringingtheGospeltotheUnreachedandUnengagedCo