Starting with the Gospel of the Kingdom
1. The good news
2. Five highlights:
Power of God unto salvation
Restorative nature
Comprehensive scope
Climax of a story
Church essential
Participating in the Biblical Story
1. Human life is shaped by some story
2. Bible tells one story
3. Often Christians do not see Bible as one story
4. Claims to be normative and comprehensive
5. Missionary encounter with cultural story
Comprehensive Scope of the Gospel Narrowed
1. Comprehensive scope of gospel and church’s mission in early church
Confession: ‘Jesus is Lord’
Self-designation: ‘Ecclesia’
2. Gospel privatised at the Enlightenment
Rise of the Term Worldview
1. Historical rise of term
2. Means to recover the comprehensive scope of the gospel
3. Tool to mediate gospel to church’s mission in public
http://www.churchbootcamp.com/sermon/gospel-story-worldview-and-the-churchs-mission/