Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Driver, J. (1997). Images of the Church in Mission. Lancaster: Herald Press.
In the bible the final goal of God's saving intentions is the transformation of all creation. The biblical vision calls the people of God first to live out this new reality in its own midst. The antisocial and corrupt systems of society-with coercive violence, the desire to dominate, and economic greed cannot be attacked more decisively than by the formation of a countersociety in its midst . Simply through its existence, this new society is an effective attack on the old structures for transforming the world. Pp21
To be a community of sojourners meant living against the current of dominant social values in their affirmation of life, their defence of women, and their solidarity with the poor and outcasts in society. Pp66
Wherever the church is seduced by temptations to power, prestige and property, it cannot communicate the gospel of the kingdom with integrity. This is so because the full-orbed message of the gospel has been obscured. Pp80
Ps 146:7-9 – As the ancient psalm reminds us, the kingdom of God is in our midst when the Lord brings justice for the oppressed, food for the hungry, freedom for the prisoners, sight to the blind, relief for those bowed down, love for the righteous, care for the strangers, and help for the orphan and widow. 92
The conduct of this people in the midst of the nations must be such that it faithfully represents their God. 136
Ps 113-118 and 120-134... common elements include praise to yahweh, sovereign preserves, and blesses the oppressed, the poor, and the needy. 161
Witness has come to be a term applied to programs of personal evengelism. These typically employ psychological techniques of marketing, which may have contributed more to our understanding of mission than the biblical background. Pp 197
How can the church speak of redemption when nothing has really changed since the coming of the Redeemer? Pp212
God's honour and the credibility of the gospel message were validated by the early church's practice . In its very life, the church was a sign and presence through whom God was glorified in the world. The early church saw itself as God's contrast-community whose life is itself a gift of grace. The images with which the church understood its identity and role were powerful symbols of its life as a new creation, a new humanity, the family of god, a city set on a hill as a light before all humanity, a living demonstration of God's intention for al humankind. 213
The communication of the Evangel in its fullness to every person worldwide is a mandate of the Lord Jesus to His community. There are times when our communication may be by attitude ad action only, and times when the spoken word will stand alone, but we must repudiate as demonic the attempt to drive a wedge between. Men will look as they listen and what they see must be at one with what they hear. There is no biblical dichotomy between the word spoken and the word incarnated in the lives of God's people (lausane) 220
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To be a community of sojourners meant living against the current of dominant social values in their affirmation of life, their defence of women, and their solidarity with the poor and outcasts in society. Pp66
Wherever the church is seduced by temptations to power, prestige and property, it cannot communicate the gospel of the kingdom with integrity. This is so because the full-orbed message of the gospel has been obscured. Pp80
Ps 146:7-9 – As the ancient psalm reminds us, the kingdom of God is in our midst when the Lord brings justice for the oppressed, food for the hungry, freedom for the prisoners, sight to the blind, relief for those bowed down, love for the righteous, care for the strangers, and help for the orphan and widow. 92
The conduct of this people in the midst of the nations must be such that it faithfully represents their God. 136
Ps 113-118 and 120-134... common elements include praise to yahweh, sovereign preserves, and blesses the oppressed, the poor, and the needy. 161
Witness has come to be a term applied to programs of personal evengelism. These typically employ psychological techniques of marketing, which may have contributed more to our understanding of mission than the biblical background. Pp 197
How can the church speak of redemption when nothing has really changed since the coming of the Redeemer? Pp212
God's honour and the credibility of the gospel message were validated by the early church's practice . In its very life, the church was a sign and presence through whom God was glorified in the world. The early church saw itself as God's contrast-community whose life is itself a gift of grace. The images with which the church understood its identity and role were powerful symbols of its life as a new creation, a new humanity, the family of god, a city set on a hill as a light before all humanity, a living demonstration of God's intention for al humankind. 213
The communication of the Evangel in its fullness to every person worldwide is a mandate of the Lord Jesus to His community. There are times when our communication may be by attitude ad action only, and times when the spoken word will stand alone, but we must repudiate as demonic the attempt to drive a wedge between. Men will look as they listen and what they see must be at one with what they hear. There is no biblical dichotomy between the word spoken and the word incarnated in the lives of God's people (lausane) 220
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