This piece is very important for the lives of Christians today across the world. First, it helps to explain and bring understanding to the plight of Christianity today – that we are losing members and especially courage in this Good News. Pastor Dinku notes that we are fearful – which we are – but he quotes the apostle Paul well when he notes that “God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). As Christians we truly have nothing to fear, for Christ, the Almighty God, is on our side and fights for us. Second, this text shows us what we are to do in response to having no fear. We are to go out and preach the Gospel to all nations, just as so many people of faith did in the Bible. For as the four leprous men said, “if they kill us, we shall but die” (2 Kings 7:4). If they do not listen to our message, they worst that will happen is we will die – and if so, we will only be united all the more quickly with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Third, this reading is very short. For practical reasons, this could be read in one sitting, along with the Bible passage that it accompanies. It asks one question at the end, and has but one main point. This is very unlike the majority of sermons preached now (at least in the United States), which tend to ramble on and on, seeming only to glorify the person who wrote and is giving the sermon through their own wit, stories, and rational logic. Instead, as this sermon shows, we are to preach the Word of God in its truth, and focus on the glory of God, not on our own pride. This story, and Pastor Dinku's message, also show well (even without explicitly asking them) many of the questions Mary Boys' wrote in Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions (Sheed & Ward, 1989). In very short order Pastor Dinku notes many of her points (outlined at the same link as below), including how the reading shows Christ to others, how could this passage be perceived differently across different doctrinal lines, and how does culture play into how we read the Bible? Some of the issues noted above can also be seen in Taylor, Marienau, and Fiddler's Developmental Intentions Chart (Developing Adult Learners, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000, pp. 32-33). (Please also see http://wiki.religioused.org/Courses/EL1515Resources for more resources like this.) They note that challenging oneself as well as “Addressing fears of losing what is familiar and safe” are very important for adults to learn. Pastor Dinku knows these are important – we must challenge ourselves to step out of our comfort zones and preach and teach the Word of God to all.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.

The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20)is an ever standing responsibility of a confessing Christian till the final parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be compromised by any secular philosophy its theological complement that attempts to detour us from this divinely ordained path. The short sermon presented on 2 Kings 7:3-16 by the pastor affirms this fact. It calls up on us to meet the urgent need of witnessing Jesus Christ to those who are yet to hear. Today we hear often about inclusiveness of religions and the relativism of truth in our postmodern context. One may wonder then why we any more stick to the great commission as there could be as many paths as the religious confessions and as many truths as there are many confessions. Christian confession of Jesus Christ as the savior is thought as one of those paths and truths, but cannot claim exclusivity by any means according to these views. My question is then how these assertions can be taken in light of what our Lord himself has said. , He said"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. On Acts 4:12 it is also written that,"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." Well, we may come up with different interpretations of these texts to meet our current need of inclusiveness for the sake of dialogue with other religions. But how should we ignore the fact that exclusiveness is Jesus' own word? Can we accept some parts of Jesus' commandments and ignore depending on our felt needs? I don't think we can. So what we ought to do is to think and rethink how we can be part of this urgent task in our work places, classrooms, neighborhoods, which are our mission fields. Mission should not be diminished by any means to dialogue. It is our responsibility both as church and as persons to play our roles as both locally and globally through anyway we think is possible. There are different ways we can contribute our parts to this end in this modern age of technology. So the question posed for us by the pastor is a right one and timely as we should always ask ourselves what we can do today to rescue people whom Satan is driving to eternal death.