Whose world is this, and what is happening in it?

The Bible tells us that the earth is the Lord's, that God is our Father, our Redeemer from of old, and that He is accomplishing all things according to His counsel and will.

Central to this purpose of God is the gospel of Christ—the gospel which is Christ himself in his person and work, and the gospel which Christ himself proclaims through his servants in this age.

By the Spirit we confess, 'Jesus is Lord!' to the glory of God the Father. The gospel issues in our full participation in the divine nature, as the Bride of Christ at work with him in God's creation.

How is what we do in our churches to be determined wholly by this gospel, and by this great purpose of God? 

The studies in this book have been prepared by a number of Christian teachers and pastors for presentation at the New Creation Teaching Ministry Pastors' Schools, in South Australia and Western Australia, in July and August 2001. Coming from the experience of practical ministry, they address these questions from within the full-orbed perspective of the Scriptures.