What Does God Want From You? | Matthew 28:16-20 with Lars Olson & Dr. Chris Croghan

About this episode

The episode discusses the Church's mission as given by Jesus in Matthew 28, focusing on the Trinity and the authority of Christ.

On Holy Trinity Sunday, we step into Matthew 28 where the risen Jesus gathers doubting disciples on a mountain in Galilee and gives them the Church’s mission. In this episode we wrestle with the the Trinity—not as a human invention to explain God away, but as the Church’s confession that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are united in delivering Christ’s promise to sinners through preaching and baptism. And even while some still doubt, Jesus speaks with all authority, claiming people not throu...

People in this episode

Guests: Lars Olson, Dr. Chris Croghan

Topics covered

• Trinity
• Church mission
• Baptism
• Authority of Jesus
• Discipleship

Keywords

• Trinity
• Church mission
• Matthew 28
• baptism
• authority of Jesus
• disciples
• Holy Trinity Sunday

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Books & works: Matthew 28:16-20

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