What should the church be doing during this time of scattering and doctrinal confusion? Is the gospel limited to preaching to the unconverted?

We should concentrate on reversing the church's serious spiritual decline before we presume to go to the world.

Judging the quality of our work by numeric standards is not a measure of spiritual growth, and to equate it with spiritual growth in rank Laodiceanism.

The preaching the gospel to the world is at best the beginning of a complex process of creating disciples through steady feeding and encouragement to overcome.

To understand Jesus' command, we need to examine what else He said to the same people. We should also determine just whom He commissioned to preach.

The socio-cultural milieu before the writing of Hebrews created difficulties for the Jewish converts to the Gospel, who were deemed to be traitors.

The largest portion of the great commission demands that the lion's share of time, money, or energy ought to be invested in feeding the flock.

Between Christ's resurrection and ascension, He appeared to His disciples 10 times within 40 days, instructing them about things pertaining to the Kingdom.

Satan can fine-tune the course of this world (Zeitgeist), customizing it depending on whom he may seek to murder. We need to be thinking and vigilant.

The letters in Revelation 2 and 3 are for the end times, shortly before Christ's return. Each emphasizes repentance, overcoming, and judgment according to works.

Our challenge in the wake of the terrible things we witness now is to retain confidence that God is in control, even though our faith will be sorely tested.