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It has never at any time been possible to fit the resurrection of Jesus into any world view except a world view of which it is the basis.
— Lesslie Newbigin
If we cannot speak with confidence about biblical authority, what ground have we for challenging the reigning plausibility structure?
— Lesslie Newbigin
Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.
— Lesslie Newbigin
The history of Christian attempts to discern the signs of the times makes discouraging reading. At
— Lesslie Newbigin
In the attempt to be "relevant" one may fall into syncretism, and in the effort to avoid syncretism one may become irrelevant.
— Lesslie Newbigin
the authority of Jesus is ultimate, the
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The business of the church is to tell and embody a story
— Lesslie Newbigin
When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom.
— Lesslie Newbigin
When coercion of any kind is used in the interests of the Christian message, the message itself is corrupted.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Culture? As Lesslie Newbigin poses the question, Can one who goes the way of the Cross sit in the seat of Pilate when it falls vacant?
— Philip Yancey
God's grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers.
— Lesslie Newbigin
A person who wields power cannot see truth; that is the privilege of the powerless.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Mission is not just something that the church does; it is something that is done by the Spirit, who
— Lesslie Newbigin
Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Modern capitalism has created a world totally different from anything known before.
— Lesslie Newbigin
God does not cancel his calling.
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Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody and is therefore experienced as tyranny.
— Lesslie Newbigin
God's kingship is present in the church, but it must be insisted that it is not the property of the church. It
— Lesslie Newbigin
The witness of which the New Testament passages speak is God's gift, not our accomplishment.
— Lesslie Newbigin
The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.
— Lesslie Newbigin
The Spirit himself is sovereign over the mission, the church can only be the attentive servant. In
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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
The Church must be seen as the company of pilgrims on the way to the end of the world and the ends of the earth.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Ministerial leadership is, first and finally, discipleship.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Universality and particularity do not contradict one another but require one another. How
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Separation of church from mission is theologically indefensible. More
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the mission is not ours but God's.
— Lesslie Newbigin
Christ is the clue to all that is.
— 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
It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.
— Lesslie Newbigin
It is God who chooses, calls, and sends. When
— Lesslie Newbigin
The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his justice and mercy are alive.
— Lesslie Newbigin
The reign of God is his reign over all things.
— Lesslie Newbigin
If I do not know the purpose for which human life was designed, I have no basis for saying that any kind of human life-style is good or bad.
— Lesslie Newbigin