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The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission (Biblical Theology for Life) is unavailable, but you can change that!

In The Mission of God’s People author Chris Wright offers a sweeping biblical survey of the holistic mission of the church, providing practical insight for today’s church leaders. Wright gives special emphasis to theological trajectories of the Old Testament that not only illuminate God’s mission but also suggest priorities for Christians engaged in God’s world-changing work. The Mission of God...

to judgment and curse. But now, God speaks again, as he spoke at creation, with words of blessing, first for Abraham, but then through him for all nations on earth. No wonder Paul read this text as “the gospel in advance” (Gal. 3:8). It is God’s glorious surprise. In spite of all that has occurred in the previous chapters, God still intends blessing for the nations. And he will launch that great mission of blessing through Abraham. But what is meant by “blessing”? All too easily our minds as Christians
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