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<\/a><\/span>If I had to summarize Paul\u2019s gospel, I\u2019d use Luke\u2019s last scene in Acts, and I would suggest this text summarizes the missional theology of Paul in the Book of Acts:<\/p>\n\n28:30<\/span>\u00a0Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,\u00a028:31<\/span>\u00a0proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nPaul\u2019s gospel is summed up in two expressions: kingdom of God and Lord Jesus Christ. The gospel is about the society where God\u2019s people do God\u2019s reigning will and embody his will in a redemptive way, particularly for Paul now in contrast to the Roman empire\u2019s way of doing things. And, the gospel is all about Jesus, the one from Nazareth; that Jesus is the Messiah, which sums up the entire plan of God through Israel\u2019s Story; and that Messiah Jesus is now the crucified and resurrected and ruling Lord, no matter what kind of statues and cult are being worshiped and observed in the Roman forum \u2014 Paul\u2019s gospel, then, strikes at the core of what makes Rome tick, and it strikes into that with force and power through the power of the Spirit.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/font><\/div>\nMissional theology is tied up with these themes: it\u2019s about what God is doing in this world, and what God is doing is redeeming, rescuing, and re-establishing power through and under the life, death, resurrection and ruling exaltation of Jesus, Christ, and Lord.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If I had to summarize Paul\u2019s gospel, I\u2019d use Luke\u2019s last scene in Acts, and I would suggest this text summarizes the missional theology of Paul in the Book of Acts: 28:30\u00a0Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,\u00a028:31\u00a0proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1780],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acts-of-the-apostles"],"yoast_head":"\n
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