Category Archives: in the world

Excerpt from “The Identity and Function of the Church in Lesslie Newbigin’s Missionary Ecclesiology,” my paper on Newbigin’s ecclesiology. One might think of ecclesiology as an identity-function grid upon which specific expressions of church are practiced. The identity axis describes … Continue reading →

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Lesslie Newbigin 255 pages Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (December 1989) ECCLESIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS The church is… a community of peace, overflowing reverence for and gratitude to Jesus in the presence of others. … Continue reading →

NOTE: this post has been rewritten Foolishness to the Greeks Lesslie Newbigin 160 pages Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (April 1986) Post-enlightenment culture, chapters 1-2 Modern culture has three key features: the public-private dichotomy, the fact-value dichotomy, and the … Continue reading →

Question to Consider from my reading of Newbigin’s The Open Secret If the Trinity is best understood through the narratives of salvation history and if the ecclesia exists only in relation to the Trinity, then what do the Trinity-revealing narratives … Continue reading →

Gleanings from Newbigin’s The Open Secret, chapters 9-10 Key Ideas The church is the community of those who acknowledge Jesus as the ultimate authority, existing to trust and participate in the Holy Spirit’s work, bringing all of humanity into conformity … Continue reading →