Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological LifeOxford University Press, 19. okt 2000 - 480 pages This book offers an intellectual and spiritual biography of Lesslie Newbigin, a figure of patristic proportions in the twentieth-century history of the Church. Drawing on thirty-five years of personal and literary acquaintance with his subject and on a thorough examination of the Newbigin archives, Geoffrey Wainwright crafts a rich and varied portrait of this outstanding witness to the Gospel. |
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Page vii
... Lord Jesus Christ ; then as an evangelist faithfully proclaiming to others the Gospel he had received ; as an ecumenist passionate for the recovery of unity among divided Christians ; as a diligent pastor and bishop in the Church of God ...
... Lord Jesus Christ ; then as an evangelist faithfully proclaiming to others the Gospel he had received ; as an ecumenist passionate for the recovery of unity among divided Christians ; as a diligent pastor and bishop in the Church of God ...
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... Lord 286 The Glory of God 294 9 The Scriptural Teacher 298 The Authority of the Bible 298 The Reading of the Text 303 The World's Story 313 The Rule of Faith 317 " My Nearest Approach to a Dogmatics " 326 The Gist of It 330 10 The ...
... Lord 286 The Glory of God 294 9 The Scriptural Teacher 298 The Authority of the Bible 298 The Reading of the Text 303 The World's Story 313 The Rule of Faith 317 " My Nearest Approach to a Dogmatics " 326 The Gist of It 330 10 The ...
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... Lord went in a procession , He rode on a donkey . " " Ah , " was the relieved reply , " but He did that so that we could do this . " The answer to that would have taken a long time , and I meekly sat down in the carriage , alternately ...
... Lord went in a procession , He rode on a donkey . " " Ah , " was the relieved reply , " but He did that so that we could do this . " The answer to that would have taken a long time , and I meekly sat down in the carriage , alternately ...
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... Lord took him closer to his eternal reward . Memorial services were , of course , multiplied . A year later , Lesslie and Helen were reunited . The Character Of middling height , sturdy build , and wiry manner , Lesslie Newbigin , in ...
... Lord took him closer to his eternal reward . Memorial services were , of course , multiplied . A year later , Lesslie and Helen were reunited . The Character Of middling height , sturdy build , and wiry manner , Lesslie Newbigin , in ...
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... Lord . 33 From among Newbigin's many human relationships two in particular may be selected for viewing from Lesslie's side : first M. M. Thomas , and then W. A. Visser't Hooft . Having met him a year earlier , Lesslie became properly ...
... Lord . 33 From among Newbigin's many human relationships two in particular may be selected for viewing from Lesslie's side : first M. M. Thomas , and then W. A. Visser't Hooft . Having met him a year earlier , Lesslie became properly ...
Contents
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2 The Direct Evangelist | 56 |
3 The Ecumenical Advocate | 81 |
4 The Pastoral Bishop | 135 |
5 The Missionary Strategist | 162 |
6 The Religious Interlocutor | 204 |
7 The Social Visionary | 237 |
8 The Liturgical Preacher | 270 |
9 The Scriptural Teacher | 298 |
10 The Christian Apologist | 335 |
The Man in History | 390 |
Notes | 411 |
Index | 453 |
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Page 54 - And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we may show forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days...
Page 91 - And he gave some to be apostles ; and some, prophets ; and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ : till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ...
Page 81 - Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us : that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
Page 29 - I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Page 162 - Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.
Page 111 - I have been crucified with Christ; «yet I live; and yet no longer I, but Christ liveth in me...
Page 242 - Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint ; but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth...
Page 54 - If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
Page 283 - I am not ashamed ; for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.