Foreword by Christopher J. H. Wright

Introduction: Choices

Part One: Biblical Foundations

1 How Should We Then Live?

2 Commission and Context
Living Out Jesus’ Final Imperatives

3 Five Great Commissions, One by One

4 The Great Commission
Three Takeaways

5 The Great Compassion
Caring for the Disadvantaged

6 The Great Compassion
Eight Takeaways

Part Two: Lifestyle Imperatives

7 Choose
8 Learn
Developing an Ongoing Posture of Learning and Discovery

9 Look
Opening Our Eyes and Responding to Needs and Opportunities

10 Pray
Remembering That We Have Access to the Throne Room of God Almighty

11 Welcome and Celebrate
Looking for Ways to Welcome the Stranger

12 Simplify and Give
Making a Generous Lifestyle a Priority

13 Stand Together
Finding Like-Minded People and Advocating for Others

14 Go
Serving Crossculturally and Leaving Our Comfort Zone

Epilogue: Witnessing to All the Senses

Acknowledgments

Recommended Resources
Outreach

Notes

Praise for Great Commission, Great Compassion

About the Author

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Go and do. Jesus commands it, and the world needs it. Word and deed go together. One without the other is not enough. We follow Jesus into all the world, and we follow his example in all we do. Mission mobilizer Paul Borthwick shows how proclamation and demonstration of the gospel go hand in hand. God gives us the Great Commission, Matthew 28's call to go wherever Jesus sends us, making disciples and proclaiming good news to all nations. And we become people of his Great Compassion, Matthew 25's vision for treating others as we would treat Jesus himself, caring for the needy and living justly. Borthwick offers practical ways for us to live out the Great Commission and Great Compassion in every sphere of our lives. Holistic discipleship means learning and looking, praying and giving, welcoming the stranger, simplifying our lives and standing with and for others on God's behalf. Small steps can make a big difference in the mission of God. Will you answer the call?