The missionary calling has sometimes been interpreted as a calling to stem this fearful cataract of souls going to eternal perdition. But I do not find this in the center of the New Testament representation of the missionary calling.
Lesslie NewbiginThe gospel is not just the illustration (even the best illustration) of an idea. It is the story of actions by which the human situation is irreversibly changed.
Lesslie NewbiginIt is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.
Lesslie NewbiginModern capitalism has created a world totally different from anything known before.
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