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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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/when-the-church-tries-to-embody-the-rule-of-god-in-the-forms-of/)

[Lesslie Newbigin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesslie-newbigin/)

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## More by Lesslie Newbigin

> [The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-living-god-is-a-god-of-justice-and-mercy-and-he-will-be-satisfied/)

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> [A society which believes in a worthwhile future saves in the present so as to invest in the future. Contemporary Western society spends in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/a-society-which-believes-in-a-worthwhile-future-saves-in-the-present/)

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> [“The witness of which the New Testament passages speak is God's gift, not our accomplishment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-witness-of-which-the-new-testament-passages-speak-is-god-s-gift/)

[Lesslie Newbigin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesslie-newbigin/)

> [“The church is witness insofar as it follows obediently where the Spirit leads. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-church-is-witness-insofar-as-it-follows-obediently-where-the/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-minister-s-leadership-of-the-congregation-in-its-mission-to-the/)

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> [It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/it-is-less-important-to-ask-a-christian-what-he-or-she-believes-about/)

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> [“the authority of Jesus is ultimate, the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-authority-of-jesus-is-ultimate-the/)

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> [The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-church-is-not-meant-to-call-men-and-women-out-of-the-world-into-a/)

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> [“Universality and particularity do not contradict one another but require one another. How”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/universality-and-particularity-do-not-contradict-one-another-but/)

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> [To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/to-make-the-improving-of-our-own-character-our-central-aim-is-hardly/)

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> [“the Spirit himself is sovereign over the mission, the church can only be the attentive servant. In”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/the-spirit-himself-is-sovereign-over-the-mission-the-church-can-only/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/when-the-church-tries-to-embody-the-rule-of-god-in-the-forms-of/)

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> [“A person who wields power cannot see truth; that is the privilege of the powerless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/a-person-who-wields-power-cannot-see-truth-that-is-the-privilege-of/)

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> [“But if the biblical story is true, the kind of certainty proper to a human being will be one which rests on the fidelity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/but-if-the-biblical-story-is-true-the-kind-of-certainty-proper-to-a/)

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> [Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesslie-newbigin/live-in-the-kingdom-of-god-in-such-a-way-that-it-provokes-questions/)

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