Lesslie Newbigin
@LesslieNewbigin
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(1909-1998) British missionary and theologian. Cross-cultural missionary to India; missionary encounter with modern Western culture. Tweeted by @TweetingThomas_
London, England
Joined October 2011
We do not find Paul concerning himself with the size of churches or with questions about their growth. His primary concern is with their faithfulness, with the integrity of their witness.
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The ‘secular’ society is not a neutral area into which we can project the Christian message. It is an area already occupied by other gods. We have a battle on our hands. We are dealing with principalities and powers.
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RT @TweetingThomas_: It’s pub day! 🚀 . Here’s to a very happy launch of this resource into the life of the world. Thank you to all who su….
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RT @TrevinWax: Launch Day for "The Gospel Way Catechism" from me and @TweetingThomas_ . Ultimately, the goal is not just to memorize a bunc….
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The Christian story told in the Bible needs to be taught alongside and even against the secular narratives of the day.
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I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!.
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The sacralizing of politics, the total identification of a political goal with the will of God, always unleashes demonic powers.
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The resurrection is the revelation to chosen witnesses of the fact that Jesus who died on the cross is indeed king - conqueror of death and sin, Lord and Savior of all. The resurrection is not the reversal of a defeat but the proclamation of a victory.
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Mission is an acted out doxology. That is its deepest secret. Its purpose is that God may be glorified.
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Through the repeated hammer blows of defeat, destruction, and deportation, interpreted by the faithful prophets, Israel has to learn that election is not for comfort and security but for suffering and humiliation.
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The sacralizing of politics, the total identification of a political goal with the will of God, always unleashes demonic powers.
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The deepest motive for mission is simply the desire to be with Jesus where he is, on the frontier between the reign of God and the usurped dominion of the devil.
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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 mark of a tragic loss of nerve in our contemporary culture. It is a preliminary symptom of death.
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The deepest motive for mission is simply the desire to be with Jesus where he is, on the frontier between the reign of God and the usurped dominion of the devil.
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We must live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.
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God could have chosen others, but he has chosen us. We cannot say why. But we know the wherefore: he has chosen us to be the bearers of his promise of blessing of all mankind.
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Mission is an acted out doxology. That is its deepest secret. Its purpose is that God may be glorified.
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Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed.
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The ‘secular’ society is not a neutral area into which we can project the Christian message. It is an area already occupied by other gods. We have a battle on our hands. We are dealing with principalities and powers.
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