| Acknowledgments | 11 | |
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING OUR MISSION |
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| 1 | A Common Word in Need of a Careful Definition | 15 |
| 2 | What in the World Does Jesus Send Us into the World to Do? | 29 |
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING OUR CATEGORIES |
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| 3 | The Whole Story | |
| Seeing the Biblical Narrative from the Top of Golgotha | 67 | |
| 4 | Are We Missing the Whole Gospel? | |
| Understanding the Good News | 91 | |
| 5 | Kings and Kingdoms | |
| Understanding God's Redemptive Rule | 115 | |
| 6 | Making Sense of Social Justice | |
| Exposition | 141 | |
| 7 | Making Sense of Social Justice | |
| Application | 173 | |
| 8 | Seeking Shalom | |
| Understanding the New Heavens and the New Earth | 195 | |
PART 3: UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT |
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| 9 | Zealous for Good Works | |
| Why and How We Do Good, both as Individuals and as Churches | 223 | |
| 10 | The Great Commission Mission | |
| What It Means and Why It Matters | 241 | |
| Epilogue: So You're Thinking of Starting a New Kind of Church? | ||
| Advice for the Young, Motivated, and Missional | 251 | |
| Bible Credits | 267 | |
| General Index | 269 | |
| Scripture Index | 273 | |