
Christ Our Reconciler
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
This book will inform strategic planning for creative and thoughtful evangelism at a national and local level, and provide rich material for discussion.
Includes an exposition of Ephesians from gifted teachers: John Piper, Vaughan Roberts, Ajith Fernando, Calisto Odede, Ramez Atallah and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, and Lindsay Brown's address 'We have a gospel to proclaim'.
Christ Our Reconciler forms the backdrop to The Cape Town Commitment, which stands in the historic line of The Lausanne Covenant.
Contributors include:
Ramez Atallah, Ajith Fernando, Os Guinness, Tim Keller, Ben Kwashi, Calisto Odede, John Piper, Rebecca Manley Pippert, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Michael Ramsden, Vaughan Roberts and Chris Wright
More details
Other editions
Additional editions

Persons
Content
- Intro
- Christ Our Reconciler
- Contents
- DAY 1 TRUTH: Making the case for the truth of Christ in our pluralistic and globalized world
- DAY 2 RECONCILIATION: Building the peace of Christ in our divided and broken world
- DAY 3 WORLD FAITHS: Bearing witness to the love of Christ among people of other faiths
- DAY 4 PRIORITIES: Discerning the will of God for evangelization in our century
- DAY 5 INTEGRITY: Calling the church of Christ back to humility, integrity and simplicity
- DAY 6 PARTNERSHIP: Partnering in the body of Christ towards a new global equilibrium
- APPENDIX: The Lausanne Global Conversation
- THE LAUSANNE MOVEMENT
- 'The spirit of Lausanne'
- FOREWORD
- BILLY GRAHAM MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA 28707
- John Stott 12 Weymouth Street LONDON W1W 5BY
- DAY 1 TRUTH: Making the case for the truth of Christ in our pluralistic and globalized world
- TESTIMONY: 'I KNOW THE GOSPEL IS TRUE' Gyeong Ju Son (North Korea)
- EPHESIANS 1 Ajith Fernando (Sri Lanka)
- Chosen by God (1:4-6)
- Four great salvation words (1:7-8)
- The mystery of God's plan for the world (1:9-10)
- For the praise of God's glory (1:11-12)
- How we are saved and preserved (1:13-14)
- Thanksgiving and a request (1:15-23)
- Thanksgiving: for faith and love (1:15-16)
- A request: for knowledge of Christian hope and power (1:17-23)
- TRUTH MATTERS Carver T. Yu (Hong Kong)
- WHY WE NEED A HIGH VIEW OF TRUTH Os Guinness (UK)
- TRUTH IN THE WORKPLACE: EQUIPPING THE WHOLE CHURCH Willy Kotiuga (Canada)
- Workplace mission
- Where are we now?
- Where do we want to be?
- How do we get there?
- The Joseph Model
- SHARING THE IRRESISTIBLE TRUE CHRIST Rebecca Manley Pippert (USA)
- Our theology must impact on our methodology
- A three-pronged response to evangelism in the global era
- 1. Personal evangelism
- The model: embody the story
- The message: tell the story
- The means: feed on the Spirit
- 2. Small-group evangelism
- DAY 2 RECONCILIATION: Building the peace of Christ in our divided and broken world
- TESTIMONY: PALESTINIAN-JEWISH RECONCILIATION Shadia Qubti and Dan Sered
- EPHESIANS 2 Ruth Padilla DeBorst (Argentina/Costa Rica)
- Reconciliation with God
- Peace that rebuilds
- Reconciliation that draws us towards peace
- Christ's peace and justice
- Reconciliation to create relationship
- Peace preaching
- Reconciliation for family/church membership
- What about us?
- OUR GOSPEL OF RECONCILIATION Antoine Rutayisire (Rwanda)
- Flourishing churches and festering wounds
- Failure and success: Rwanda as a case study
- An autopsy of the church failure
- The content of the message: a partial, selective gospel
- The methods of presentation: intellectual versus experiential
- The problem of the messengers: talking love, sowing divisions
- The relationship between church and politics
- Rediscovering the gospel of reconciliation
- 1. A new perspective on sin and alienation
- 2. A new perspective on preaching Christ crucified: Isaiah 53:4-6
- 3. A new perspective on our identity: 2Corinthians 5:17
- 4. A new perspective on the mission of the church: 2Corinthians 5:18
- 5. A new perspective on social relationships: the holy nation of God
- 6. A new perspective on the power of our unity: mission and reconciliation
- So what lessons can we draw from the Rwanda experience?
- ETHNICITY IN THE MISSION OF GOD1 Dewi Hughes (UK)
- Peace to the nations (Zechariah 9:10)
- Ethne in modern thought
- Ethne in the biblical story of God's mission
- Ethne in modern evangelical missionary theory and practice
- Questions for discussion
- DAY 3 WORLD FAITHS: Bearing witness to the love of Christ among people of other faiths
- TESTIMONY: COSTLY WITNESS AND THE GOD WHO PROTECTS Archbishop Ben Kwashi (Nigeria)
- EPHESIANS 3:1-21 John Piper (USA)
- Making known the manifold wisdom of God through prison and prayer
- Scene one
- Scene two
- Scene three
- Round two: scene one
- Round two: scenes two and three
- THE GOSPEL, THE GLOBAL CHURCH AND THE WORLD OF ISLAM Nour Armagan* (Middle East)
- BEARING WITNESS TO CHRIST'S LOVE AMONG THOSE OF OTHER FAITHS Michael Ramsden (UK)
- DISCIPLESHIP AND MISSION IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION Os Guinness (UK) and David Wells (USA)
- The double-edged strength of the church
- Coming to terms with 'globalization'
- The global faith par excellence
- Grand transformations
- Christian discipleship in the global era
- Christian mission in the global era
- Serving God in our generation
- DAY 4 PRIORITIES: Discerning the will of God for evangelization in our century
- TESTIMONY: SHARING STORIES, SHARING TRUTH Steve Evans (USA/South Africa)
- EPHESIANS 4:1-16 Vaughan Roberts (UK)
- Two requirements of Christian unity
- An outworking of God's call
- Christian unity requires a proclamation of God's Word.
- God's will for evangelism
- WHAT IS GOD'S GLOBAL URBAN MISSION? Tim Keller (USA)
- Cities: important culturally, missiologically and viscerally
- Culturally
- Missiologically
- Viscerally
- How then should we reach the city?
- TRUTH AND THE PUBLIC ARENAS
- Abraham's prayer for the city
- ETHICS, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE HUMAN FUTURE Nigel Cameron (UK/USA) and John Wyatt (UK)
- Human dignity and the 'biotech century'
- God's perspective
- Key questions raised by emerging technologies
- God's priority for humanity
- Conclusion
- DAY 5 INTEGRITY: Calling the church of Christ back to humility, integrity and simplicity
- TESTIMONY: SHAKING SALT, SHINING LIGHT IN NATIONAL LIFE Paul Batchelor (UK)
- EPHESIANS 4:17 - 6:9 Calisto Odede (Kenya)
- How do you walk?
- 1. Walk as you have learnt (Ephesians 4:17-32)
- a. Not as the Gentiles
- b. As you've been taught in Christ
- c. In newness of life
- d. Reflections
- 2. Walk in love (Ephesians 5:1-6)
- a. Imitating God (5:1)
- b. In sacrificial manner (5:2)
- c. Not in counterfeit love (5:3-6)
- 3. Walk in the light (Ephesians 5:7-14)
- a. As children of light (5:7-10)
- b. Exposing the deeds of darkness (5:11-14)
- 4. Walk in diligence (Ephesians 5:15 - 6:9)
- a. Redeeming the time
- b. In the fullness of the Spirit
- i) Impact on the Christian community:
- ii) Impact on the household:
- Conclusion: A porcupine and the letter of the law
- CALLING THE CHURCH BACK TO HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, SIMPLICITY Chris Wright (UK)
- 1. The idol of power and pride
- 2. The idols of popularity and success
- 3. The idols of wealth and greed
- Conclusion
- THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL Femi Adeleye (Nigeria)
- What is the 'prosperity gospel'?
- Is the prosperity gospel good news for the poor?
- How should we respond?
- HUMAN SEXUALITY, BY GOD'S DESIGN Walk in love, rejecting the idolatry of disordered sexuality (Ephesians 5:1-7).
- DAY 6 PARTNERSHIP: Partnering in the body of Christ towards a new global equilibrium
- TESTIMONY: TRANSFORMATION IN THE GARBAGE VILLAGE Rebecca Atallah (Egypt)
- EPHESIANS 6:10-24 Ramez Atallah (Egypt)
- Equipping the church for service
- UNREACHED AND UNENGAGED PEOPLES
- WORKING TOWARDS A NEW GLOBAL EQUILIBRIUM Patrick Fung (Singapore)
- The redemptive purpose of God - reconciliation as the basis of our partnership
- The danger of pride and self-pity
- SCRIPTURE IN MISSION
- Bible poverty
- The place of Scriptures in mission
- The Western mindset
- Finding bridges to spiritual understanding
- More than a billion people have no Scriptures
- Can Scripture be provided in more forms than print?
- MEN AND WOMEN IN PARTNERSHIP
- WE HAVE A GOSPEL TO PROCLAIM Lindsay Brown
- 1. Mission is Christocentric
- 2. The need for integrity
- 3. The call to perseverance
- APPENDIX: The Lausanne Global Conversation
- EMBRACING SUFFERING IN SERVICE Ajith Fernando
- Frustration
- Commitment
- Drivenness or servanthood?
- The glory of the gospel
- A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND NARRATIVE: A RESPONSE TO AJITH FERNANDO Elizabeth Little
- NOTES
- Foreword
- Greetings from Billy Graham and John Stott to the Congress
- DAY 1. TRUTH: Making the case for truth in our pluralistic and globalized world
- DAY 2. RECONCILIATION: Building the peace of Christ in our divided and broken world
- DAY 3. World faiths: Bearing witness to the love of Christ among people of other faiths
- DAY 4. Priorities: Discerning the will of God for evangelization in our century
- DAY 5. Integrity: Calling the church of Christ back to humility, integrity and simplicity
- DAY 6. Partnership: Partnering in the body of Christ towards a new global equilibrium
- Appendix
System requirements
File format: ePUB
Copy protection: Watermark-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Use a reading software that can process the file format ePUB: e.g., Adobe Digital Editions or FBReader – both free (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/Smartphone (Android; iOS): Before downloading, install the free app Adobe Digital Editions (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (not Kindle).
The file format ePUB works well for novels and non-fiction books – i.e., „flowing” text without complex layout. On an e-reader or smartphone, line and page breaks automatically adjust to fit the small displays.
This eBook uses Watermark-DRM, a „soft” copy protection. This means that there are no technical restrictions to prevent illegal distribution. However, there is a personalised watermark embedded in the eBook that can be used to identify the purchaser of the eBook in the event of misuse and to provide evidence for legal purposes.
For more information, see our eBook Help page.