We are reading this book in my Theology of Missions class and I have found it to be riveting. In between studying for Hebrew, which I am not exactly enjoying at the moment, I rewarded myself with time slots to read it this morning. The thing is, I don't even totally agree with all that he is writing about the philosophy of missions (although part of the reason for that is that I just need to process what he's saying more), but I love his God-centeredness and his exposition of the great commission in Matthew 28 and what that means for missions. I love how he shows that man-centered philosophies of missions may produce big numbers, but they may in fact be big numbers of false converts if they aren't given the God-centered gospel. Or even if they are true converts, they may be left ankle deep in their theology the rest of their lives because they aren't ever taught all that Jesus commanded, which is the command of the great commission. Getting people converted is only the first step towards fulfilling the goal of discipleship.
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