Book Review: What is the Mission of the Church? (Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission)

What is the Mission of the Church?
(Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission)
By. Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert (2011, Crossway)

This book served to be a valuable resource while completing my Th.M. at DBTS.
In wake of current fretting on social justice issue in broader evangelicalism, I would like to recommend this book to challenge the various sides on this issue. Please consider the breadth of issues appearing in the table of contents.  I recommend this book to those who are struggling with these issues within the local church.  The exegetical handling of the gospels to address the way they are used and abused for social justice issues alone is worth the price of the book.

Part One: Understanding Our Mission

Chapter 1: A common world in need of a careful definition

Chapter 2:  Understanding our categories

Part Two: Understanding Our Categories

Chapter 3: The whole story (seeing the Biblical narrative from the top of Golgotha)

Chapter 4: Are we missing the whole Gospel?

Chapter 5: Kings and Kingdoms

Chapter 6: Making sense of Social Justice (Exposition)

Chapter 7: Making sense of Social Justice (Application)

Chapter 8: Seeking Shalom

Part Three: Understanding what we do and why we do it.

Chapter 9: Zealous for good works

Chapter 10: The Great Commision Mission

Epilogue: So You're thinking of starting a new kind of Church?