There is NO TIME!

There is NO TIME! is an excellent book by Paul Nyquist. I was given it for Christmas, and I finished it today. Outstanding!

I loved several principles that were laid out (I have rephrased some of them):
-- Divine Serendipity: All appointments are divine appointments.
-- The imminent return of Christ: This has to be a real motivation for us, not just a superficial one.
-- God's Arm is not shortened: God CAN and DESIRES to impact the world today as He did in the days of the apostles.
-- Stewardship: The investment of God's people deserves eternal reward.  Are they receiving eternal glory for the investment that they make today?
--Overt Witness: We share the Gospel of Christ early and often in all our relationships.

 I love the way I can find most of the principles laid out in  There is NO TIME! in the book of Acts. The author did a good job of acknowledging and dealing with differences between the apostolic and modern contexts generally.  With that being said, I would be interested in seeing further clarification on a few points.

- This is not an excuse to flee danger (The premise is that we may not have much time in a nation; but that doesn't mean that we can flee danger simply because we are threatened.  It means that we are very likely to get thrown out no matter our commitment.)
- NT churches were also planted/matured other ways (Many frontier churches in the NT were planted in other ways, e.g. Antioch or Rome.)
- There was a fairly stable NT political scene whereas the fable is based on instability (While Roman politics were turbulent, the empire seems to have been fairly stable in the areas where Paul worked; the situation we are looking at is often quite different... what does that mean?)
- This model lends itself to “single” ministry. (The book gave me new insight into why Paul would want teams that could travel light without the "burden/distraction" of families.)
- More definition of the difference between team and work group would be helpful.  (I just am not sure I have the difference clear in my mind.)
- If done carefully there does not seem to be a need for retraining as you add like-minded team members (e.g. Luke, Timothy).
- Paul ministered in basically one nation for his entire ministry; thus changing nations/people groups might not be the answer at the end of the process.  Applied to today that might look like moving within a nation to different areas or moving within a people group/related people groups.