GOD'S MISSION AND OURS:
The challenge of telling the nations
Ed. Peter T. O'Brien
Sydney: CMS, 1999. 119 pages
ISBN 0 947316 04 3
Available from The Good Book Company
This is a good little book on a vital biblical theme: and, as all the contributors are drawn from the Australian CMS, edited by the Principal of Moore College, inevitably good biblical stuff.
The title, reminding us that mission is God's work, and that mission reflects his character, whets our interest. The introduction explains that it is a 'small book, for use in churches, among small groups and by individuals' and each of the nine brief chapters concluded with a couple of useful study questions for discussion. Its chief problem is that it is such a brief treatment - and while wonderful nuggets of truth are revealed, inevitably it has to be a somewhat skimpy presentation, and occasionally a little turgid and disappointing on such an exciting theme.
