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Missional Leaders Network -some reflections
A week ago I had lunch with a Missional Leaders Network, organized by my friend Colin Banfield of Intentional Encounters. Apart from Paul’s delicious macaroni cheese (who would ever have though… more →
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Thoughts from a book you've never heard of on the Kingdom of God by Lesslie Newbigin
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wrote 6 days ago: Thursday afternoon I found myself up in the library of Regent College to conduct a bit of historical … more →
Lesslie Newbigin on Election
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wrote 1 month ago: “No one can say why it is that one was chosen and another not, why it is that here the word came “no … more →
Quote of the day: Lesslie Newbigin on the relation of Christianity to other religions
wrote 1 month ago: ‘It has become customary to classify views on the relation of Christianity to the world religi … more →
Do I Need A Double Spaced Philosophy of Teaching? What Do You Think?
wrote 1 month ago: We teach how not to write and we teach writers to teach themselves how not to write. When we teach h … more →
Sermon: The Emmaus Road (Stations of the Resurrection)
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wrote 1 month ago: After a week in which I’ve caught up with being human after the madness of the Easter routine, … more →
Christianity and Pluralism (5): Christianity = Statement or Story?
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wrote 1 month ago: In this final installment on how Christianity interacts with a pluralistic culture, I want to start … more →
Christianity and Pluralism (4): A Christian Agnostic
wrote 1 month ago: After the last three days of posts, you might get the sense that I think I know a whole lot more tha … more →
Christianity and Pluralism (3): Easter and a Co-opted Christianity
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wrote 1 month ago: Lesslie Newbigin, the inspiration for this series, has a great story about a time when he was a youn … more →
Christianity and Pluralism (2): Coercion and Corruption of the Christian Message
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wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, I suggested that while a pluralistic attitude toward religion (i.e. saying that all relig … more →
A Walk Through the Bible
wrote 1 month ago: Recommended reading: Lesslie Newbigin’s A Walk Through the Bible Lesslie Newbigin's A Walk Th … more →
Christianity and Pluralism (1): Groping the Elephant
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wrote 1 month ago: “In a pluralist society such as ours, any confident statement of ultimate belief, any claim to … more →
A Nip of Newbigin: Working as Kingdom Agents
wrote 2 months ago: …the preaching of the Church carries no weight if it does not come from a community in which t … more →
Evangelism, the Church, and the Holy Spirit (Newbigin)
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wrote 2 months ago: Here’s a great section from a great book: A Word in Season by Lesslie Newbigin. “We have … more →
Humble Boldness
wrote 2 months ago: “For the message of the cross is foolishness… For the foolishness of God is wiser than … more →
Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship by Lesslie Newbigin
wrote 2 months ago: Newbigin begins the book by tracing the roots of Western thought back to its Greek and Jewish origin … more →
Hearing and Obeying
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wrote 3 months ago: My friend Kevin leads a church plant in North Central Regina; it’s called the Gentle Road Chur … more →
The Nature of Knowing
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wrote 3 months ago: As a part of a reading assignment for my Theological Confessions class I have been going through Les … more →
Newbigin on Jesus and the Powers
wrote 4 months ago: “We misunderstand Jesus and his death if we see him simply as the greatest of those who have d … more →
A Nip of Newbigin: The Local Congregation
wrote 5 months ago: In this second part on evangelism in a secular culture, Lesslie Newbigin shares that it is not enoug … more →
