The necessary precondition for the birth of science as we know it is, it would seem, the diffusion through society of the belief that the universe is both rational and contingent. Such a belief is the presupposition of modern science… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“One does not learn anything except by believing something, and -- conversely -- if one doubts everything one learns nothing. On the other hand, believing everything uncritically is the road to disaster. The faculty of doubt is essential. But as… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
A society which believes in a worthwhile future saves in the present so as to invest in the future. Contemporary Western society spends in… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“The witness of which the New Testament passages speak is God's gift, not our accomplishment.” — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“The church is witness insofar as it follows obediently where the Spirit leads. The” — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“The minister’s leadership of the congregation in its mission to the world will be first and foremost in the area of his or her… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“Universality and particularity do not contradict one another but require one another. How” — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“the Spirit himself is sovereign over the mission, the church can only be the attentive servant. In” — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
