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excellent Newbigin quote

Posted on September 28, 2008 by bkingr

Todd Hiestand has an excellent quote from Newbigin up this morning. Here is the second half, but be sure to go read the first half too. And we can also see that wherever the missionary character of the doctrine of … Continue reading →

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connecting with the culture

Posted on August 11, 2008 by bkingr

Newbigin in the quotes from my post below says that we, as Christians, should try to understand the culture from the point of view of the Gospel. In other words, we should be countercultural and have a different framework for … Continue reading →

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Newbigin in the morning

Posted on August 10, 2008 by bkingr

I have been crashing on Newbigin this morning. Some deep thinking to get my mind going. A bracing shot of metaphorical cold water to the face as a wake up call. I first re-read his 1985 article/presentation “Can the West … Continue reading →

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