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by Michael Horton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Books; Reprint edition (September 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0801013909
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801013904
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsMission: Jesus and His Church
By Shane Lems VINE VOICE on March 21, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Michael Horton's "The Gospel Commission" is the follow up to his earlier books "Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church" and "The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World." In those first two books, Horton pointed out the many weaknesses in the American church and also offered a way forward: getting back to the main truths of Christianity, centered around the person and work of Jesus. In this third book, Horton specifically discusses the Great Commission (GC) and what it has to do with Christ's church.

The subtitle of the book reveals a summary of its contents: "Recovering God's Strategy for Making Disciples." The book might be considered as a detailed commentary on the GC (Matt. 28:19ff) as it applies to Christian churches and Christians in those churches. I appreciated it because Horton used other parts of Scripture to explain the meaning of the GC for us today. In fact, the whole first section includes the OT background of the GC; it is essentially a biblical-theological discussion of the GC.

In the second part of the book, Horton deals with the GC itself in more depth. He gives the historical context of the GC and notes that the church has no business tweaking the GC or updating it for her purposes. Here Horton also talks about contextualization by gently critiquing the "incarnational" model of mission. This part of the book also illustrates how churches from all over the world can greatly help each other move forward theologically.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsTimely and Compelling
By Darryl Dash on May 18, 2011
Format: Hardcover
I've been thinking a lot about the purpose of the church. In particular, I've been thinking about what Michael Horton calls mission creep: the expansion of a mission beyond its original goals. Does the church have a specific mission? If so, what is it, and how free are we to add good things to what a church is doing?

Horton's book Gospel Commission, The: Recovering God's Strategy for Making Disciplesarrived the day before a meeting of our elders to consider the purpose of the big-c Church. It couldn't have come at a better time. This is not an abstract issue. It's the very issue that we're facing.

Horton argues that we need to return to our central mission, the Great Commission. "I believe that in our passion for relevance," he writes, "we are subordinating the strategies that Christ has promised to bless to our own action plans." Horton believes that the Great Commission provides the church with its message (the announcement of Christ's authority), its mission (to proclaim the gospel and make disciples), and its methods (baptism and Word ministry). We're not free to pick our mission and then choose our own methods, Horton argues. Christ has prescribed how we're to go about carrying out his mission.

Here's where it gets controversial. "Christians are called to do many things that the church is not called to do." In other words, the church is called to focus on its mission of making disciples, but it is not called to do everything that individual Christians are called to do. For instance: "What I am suggesting is that there are myriad causes that are good, bad, and indifferent for which the church has no special competence or commission.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Careful Biblical and Pastoral Examination of the Great Commission
By Aaron Armstrong on May 29, 2011
Format: Hardcover
What is the mission of the Church? Depending on who you ask, you're likely to hear answers that address various aspects of social and personal transformation. Some will say that we as Christians are to care for the poor, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to be salt and light in the world.

And all of these are true. But what is the mission of the Church specifically?

Before He ascended into heaven, Jesus provided the answer to this question when he said to His followers, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matt. 28:18-20).

The mission of the Church is to make disciples. But is it possible that we've gotten a bit off-track? Are we actually making disciples--or are we doing something else? In his new book, The Gospel Commission: Recovering God's Strategy for Making Disciples, Michael Horton offers a careful biblical and pastoral examination of the Great Commission, offering many helpful insights into how the Church can move forward in its role.

This book marks the culmination of a work that Horton began with Christless Christianity and The Gospel-Driven Life. Where those books necessarily spent a great deal of time dealing with the very serious errors that have crept into the Church, the vast majority of The Gospel Commission is decidedly more positive. Following the structure of Matt. 28:18-20, Horton bookends this work with the two great promises of this verse:

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3.0 out of 5 stars... theology and practices related to the fulfillment of the Great...

Correctly warns us against liberal and emergent theology and practices related to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Helpful and insightful

Published 10 months ago by Tim Murray
5.0 out of 5 starsEvery book he writes becomes my favorite book, when I'm able to read...

Michael Horton never disappoints! His clear thinking and writing always cuts through the nonsense that forms the "winds and trends" of Christianity, but he always does so... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Janette Baradell
4.0 out of 5 starsBiblical Theology applied to the Great Commission

Good and massive Biblical reflection on Disciplemaking and the Gospel from a Biblical Theology perspective.

Published 22 months ago by Glenn R. Leatherman
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great book

Published 22 months ago by Gina Jones
4.0 out of 5 starsHighly recommend.

Horton gives a good synopsis of what Christians in general are missing as it pertains to the great commission. Read more

Published 23 months ago by JH
5.0 out of 5 starsthe best book I've read in many years

This book clearly and succinctly discusses the various "extra-biblical" belief systems that claim to be Christian, and does so with an honest approach using scripture and... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Jim Groff
5.0 out of 5 starsA Clear Proclamation of the Gospel

This book does an excellent job at pointing out the need for a clear proclamation of the Gospel. Kudos to Michael Horton for bringing us this book!

Published on December 13, 2013 by Christopher Hogan
4.0 out of 5 starsA Challenge to a More Biblical Discipleship

Horton's concern in writing this book is that we seem to be thinking about making disciples without understanding doctrine and planting churches without discipleship. Read more

Published on April 22, 2013 by Dr. Robert J. Vajko
5.0 out of 5 starshelped me learn HOW to be a servant.

Huge help for the eager Christian. The book is basic yet profound. Great for the individual or a small group.

Published on March 18, 2013 by EUGENIA R SHOOK

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