Front matter
What Is the Great Commission?
Crucial Questions
What Is the Great Commission?
Crucial Questions booklets provide a quick introduction to definitive Christian truths. This expanding collection includes titles such as:
Who Is Jesus?
Can I Trust the Bible?
Does Prayer Change Things?
Can I Know God's Will?
How Should I Live in This World?
What Does It Mean to Be Born Again?
Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?
What Is Faith?
What Can I Do with My Guilt?
What Is the Trinity?
T O B R O W S E T H E R E S T O F T H E S E R I E S ,
P L E A S E V I S I T: R E F O R M A T I O N T R U S T. C O M / C Q
What Is the Great Commission?
What Is the Great Commission? © 2015 by R.C. Sproul
Published by Reformation Trust Publishing a division of Ligonier Ministries 421 Ligonier Court, Sanford, FL 32771 Ligonier.org ReformationTrust.com
Printed in China RR Donnelley 0001018 First edition, sixth printing
ISBN 978-1-64289-056-3 (Paperback) ISBN 978-1-64289-084-6 (ePub) ISBN 978-1-64289-112-6 (Kindle)
Cover design: Ligonier Creative Interior typeset: Katherine Lloyd, The DESK
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sproul, R.C. (Robert Charles), 1939-2017 What is the great commission? / by R.C. Sproul. pages cm. -- (Crucial questions series ; No. 21) ISBN 978-1-56769-498-7 1. Great Commission (Bible) I. Title. BV2074.S67 2015 269'.2--dc23
2015018382
Contents
One What Is the Gospel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Two What Is Evangelism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Three Mobilizing the Laity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Four Systematic Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Five The Biblical Basis for Missions . . . . . . . . 37
Six Seeking the Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45