Overturning Tables
Scott BesseneckerPaperback 2014-12-03
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:"Connecting People.""Grace, Space, Pace.""Have You Met Life Today?""There Is No Substitute." "The Happiest Place on Earth."You may think you heard these phrases in church, but you actually saw them on TV, or you read them in a magazine, or you heard them on the radio. Such is the nature of contemporary Western mission that the good news we offer the world often sounds just like ad copy for the gadgets and brands we surround ourselves with. "Choosy mothers," the church sign shouts at us, "choose Jesus."Believe it or not, this is the least of our problems. Much of contemporary missions has been coaxed, in the name of professionalism or efficiency or scalability, to operate not according to the witness of the Scriptures but according to the values of the free market. We adopt metrics of success that have nothing to do with the state of people's souls or the seeding of the earth with the kingdom of heaven. Our mission is held back by these markers of success.Every year Scott Bessenecker travels the world with thousands of college students, ministering to those in need and learning from the global church about what God is doing in the world. In Overturning Tables he shows, through stories and analysis, that the mission of God reaches well beyond the grasp of the free market, and if we are willing to reach as well, we will see God do amazing things, even as the world sees the gospel in its fullest sense.
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:"Connecting People.""Grace, Space, Pace.""Have You Met Life Today?""There Is No Substitute." "The Happiest Place on Earth."You may think you heard these phrases in church, but you actually saw them on TV, or you read them in a magazine, or you heard them on the radio. Such is the nature of contemporary Western mission that the good news we offer the world often sounds just like ad copy for the gadgets and brands we surround ourselves with. "Choosy mothers," the church sign shouts at us, "choose Jesus."Believe it or not, this is the least of our problems. Much of contemporary missions has been coaxed, in the name of professionalism or efficiency or scalability, to operate not according to the witness of the Scriptures but according to the values of the free market. We adopt metrics of success that have nothing to do with the state of people's souls or the seeding of the earth with the kingdom of heaven. Our mission is held back by these markers of success.Every year Scott Bessenecker travels the world with thousands of college students, ministering to those in need and learning from the global church about what God is doing in the world. In Overturning Tables he shows, through stories and analysis, that the mission of God reaches well beyond the grasp of the free market, and if we are willing to reach as well, we will see God do amazing things, even as the world sees the gospel in its fullest sense.