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The Chronicles of Narnia: Aslan Sends His Followers - Christocentric (Great Commission)

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At the end of Prince Caspian, Aslan sends the Pevensie children back to their world with a mission: "There I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name." The children carry Aslan's reality into a world that doesn't know him. The Great Commission is entirely Christocentric: all authority belongs to Jesus; we make disciples of Jesus; we baptize into the name of Father, Son, and Spirit; we teach what Jesus commanded; Jesus promises His presence. Remove Christ and there is no commission. Every disciple we make is a disciple of Him. Every nation we reach learns His name.

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Matthew 28:18-20

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