If the biblical story is true, the kind of certainty proper to a human begin will be one which rests on the fidelity of God, not upon the competence of the human knower. It will be a kind of certainty which is inseparable from gratitude and trust
The Church, wherever it is, is not only Christ's witness to its own people and nation, but also the home-base for a mission to the ends of the earth. - Lesslie Newbigin
The Church, wherever it is, is not only Christ's witness to its own people and nation, but also the home-base for a mission to the ends of the earth.
- Lesslie Newbigin
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. - Lesslie Newbigin
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel. - Lesslie Newbigin
Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.
The victory of the Church over the power which was embodied in the Roman imperial system was not won by seizing the levers of power: it was won when … - Lesslie Newbigin
The victory of the Church over the power which was embodied in the Roman imperial system was not won by seizing the levers of power: it was won when …
The relativism which is not willing to speak about truth but only about ‘what is true for me’ is an evasion of the serious business of living. It is … - Lesslie Newbigin
The relativism which is not willing to speak about truth but only about ‘what is true for me’ is an evasion of the serious business of living. It is …
The business of the church is to tell and embody a story - Lesslie Newbigin
The business of the church is to tell and embody a story
Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer. - Lesslie Newbigin
Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.
The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out in order to send them back as agent… - Lesslie Newbigin
The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out in order to send them back as agent…
Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known. - Lesslie Newbigin
Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.
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