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Mission Affirmed: Recovering the Missionary Motivation of Paul is unavailable, but you can change that!

As a model for Christian missions, the apostle Paul is praised for his sense of urgency when proclaiming the gospel, but are modern churches missing his broader motivation? Paul didn’t view missions as simply accomplishing a goal; he valued affirmation from God, seeking it fervently in every area of his ministry. How can churches today emulate that ambition in their own mission efforts? In...

doing missions in view of one day receiving honor from God seems sacrilegious. Such self-seeking is antithetical to the altruistic motives which we assume are superior.13 But we evangelicals also base our faith on Scripture alone. And here is where the biblical witness reveals some of our theological and cultural blind spots. For one, Paul was deeply influenced by the theological concept of divine judgment and reward—including qualitative levels of each—just as Jesus taught. In Luke’s Gospel alone
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