Bob Cara, Hugh and Sallie Reaves Professor of New TestamentEvidencing years of both pastoral ministry and teaching in a seminary classroom, Rod Culbertson’s So Send I You well explains, in nontechnical language, the expanding mission of the church in Acts, and also touches the heart strings of the reader to be part of that mission. This engaging workbrings the book of Acts alive in a heartwarming way, and although written for the layman, So Send I You has a sophisticated understanding of the Triune God and his unfolding redemptive plan for the church.
Bill Barcley, Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, CharlotteGod is a missionary God, who sent his Son to ‘seek and to save the lost,’ who in turn sends his disciples to make disciples of all nations. This book displays the church in Acts not only as a ‘growing’ church, but also as a ‘going’ church in obedience to Christ’s command. But it does even more. It places the early church's ministry within the larger context of God's plan for his creation from the very beginning—namely, to be glorified in all the earth and to have a people for his own glory, not just from one nation, but from a multitude of nations. Rod Culbertson's zeal for the Great Commission is evident in his writing. But be warned, it is contagious.