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To the Ends of the Earth
Published 5 days ago • 3 min read
October 16, 2026
In This Issue
Sent to the Nations
Notes from a missions conference in Texas, a free pamphlet on the Great Commission, and a conversation with Kevin DeYoung on the history of the church.
Dear Reader,
Christ has received all authority in heaven and on earth, and he has sent his church to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:18–20). That commission has been on my mind this week while Ryan Noha and I attend a conference devoted to the work of sending missionaries.
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Missionary National Conference
The Lord Who Sends
Ryan and I are in Dallas–Fort Worth for Missionary’s 2026 National Conference, held October 14–16 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary under the theme “The Lord Who Sends.” The conference has gathered Christians from many nations to be shaped by God’s Word for the work of sending missionaries to unreached peoples. Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Radius International are serving as hosts.
Camden Bucey and Jonathan Master
The addresses have been excellent. Kevin DeYoung is among the plenary speakers, and his address is titled “The Son: Sent to Redeem the Nations.” I have enjoyed being here and have been greatly encouraged in the Lord, both by the preaching and by the many friends and ministry partners we have been able to see.
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To the Ends of the Earth: The Great Commission and God’s Unfolding Plan for the Nations
In this short pamphlet I trace the Great Commission from God’s promises to Abraham, through Isaiah’s visions of the nations, to its fulfillment in Jesus Christ. The material began as an address at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and it draws on the example of the Scottish missionary William C. Burns, whose labors carried the gospel as far as Manchuria.
Kevin also explains how Christians can honor faithful men and women of the past without lapsing into hagiography or reducing their lives to a catalogue of failures. From there we take up monasticism, the preservation of learning and liturgy, the Protestant retrieval of medieval theologians such as Bernard of Clairvaux, and the figures who will appear in the second volume.
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