The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century (Missiological Engagements)
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The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century (Missiological Engagements)
we hear him calling the church to locate itself at the midpoint of various polarities,
Amos Yong • The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century (Missiological Engagements)
holding on to the gospel as public truth while critiquing the “timeless statements” of modernity
Amos Yong • The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century (Missiological Engagements)
There are things worth dying for! But the relevant question is “what are you living for”? If something is worth dying for it should also be worth living for! In fact, the worth of something that’s worth dying for has to be experienced and tasted while we’re living.
affirming “committed pluralism” while condemning “agnostic pluralism”
Amos Yong • The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century (Missiological Engagements)
the bishop envisioned the mission of the church in this transitional period being faced with a number of dynamic tensions.
Amos Yong • The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin in the 21st Century (Missiological Engagements)
dont come across as a problem solver. think ss if youre ministeting to people in mourning...listen and be present like a pastor would in a funeral. In fact say to them, "I dont have all the answers... but im here with you... we will figure it oyt together." Like Jesus in Bethany!
Newbigin painfully found that out when he returned to his homeland after a considerable period of missionary work in Asia. When asked what might have been the greatest difficulty in his homecoming, his response was the “disappearance of hope”43 and the increase of “pessimism.”44