Quotes by Lesslie Newbigin

About Lesslie Newbigin:

Bishop James Edward Lesslie Newbigin is best known for his contributions to missiology and ecclesiology. He is also known for his involvement in both the dialogue regarding ecumenism and the Gospel and Our Culture movement. Many scholars also believe his work laid the foundations for the contemporary missional church movement, and it is said his stature and range is comparable to the "Fathers of the Church.".
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A person who wields power cannot see truth; that is the privilege of the powerless.

Lesslie Newbigin

Since total skepticism about ultimate beliefs is strictly impossible, in that no belief can be doubted except on the basis of some other belief, indifference is always in danger of giving place to some sort of fanaticism that can be as intolerant as ...

Lesslie Newbigin

A conscience that is forbidden to operate in the choice of goals for economic activity is not conscience in the sense in which any moralist, pagan or Christian, has every understood the term. And the family (which [Michael] Novak regards as vital to ...

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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 victor...

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This withdrawal of theology from the world of secular affairs is made more complete by the work of biblical scholars whose endlessly fascinating exercises have made it appear to the lay Christian that no one untrained in their methods can really unde...

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Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.

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The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.

Lesslie Newbigin

The New Age movement, for all the validity of its protest and the value of some of its recommendations, is in truth a very old blind alley. There is a very long history to remind us of what happens when nature is our ultimate point of reference . . ....

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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

Author Bio

  • NameLesslie Newbigin
  • DescriptionChristian missionary
  • BornDecember 8, 1909
  • DiedJanuary 30, 1998
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTheologian