OK, here it is...the official kick-off to our Missions Month blog! Welome along and thanks for checking this out. Hopefully this will be an interesting way to keep the conversation about mission going throughout the month and get some dialogue going about the themes we're covering.
So in our first week, we've been looking at how mission is creational. That is, the scope of God's mission is the whole earth. We talked about how sin is a cosmic problem that has affected every sphere of life - society, creation, as well as our personal relationship with God. It therefore required a cosmic solution, which God provided on the cross. Through the cross God intends to redeem everything sin has touched, including creation. Part of God's mission on earth is therefore reconciling creation to himself.
Because this is a different way of thinking about mission for a lot of people, I'm interested in any thoughts you have about how this changes the way we understand "mission." How easy or difficult is it for you to broaden out your thinking on mission this far? Any comments are welcome...
