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The Rational Theologian
Where Faith and Reason Meet
Pierre Gilbert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus
Canadian Mennonite University
Light to the Nations:
A Reflection on the Servant of the Lord and
the Mission of the Church (Isaiah 49:1–6)
Pierre Gilbert
What is the mission of the church? To some degree, this could be construed as an unusual question. Isn’t the mission of the church obvious? Doesn’t the Great Commission make that clear and beyond debate? It should be, but it is not quite that simple. Like puppies, human beings are a distractible bunch. It takes an exceptional person or organization to remain steadily focused on a given objective. Like chains tugging from all sides, the vagaries of life have a way of dividing our attention in a thousand different directions.
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