“The 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.” HumansIdeasStoriesActionSituationChangedIllustration Book:The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Source: The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
“If the biblical story is true, the kind of certainty proper to a human begin will be one which rests on the fidelity of God, not upon the competence of the human knower. It will be a kind of certainty which is inseparable from gratitude and trust” IfsHumansKindStoriesGratitudeCertaintyBiblicalCompetenceFidelityInseparable Book:Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship Source: Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship
“How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for those whose entire mental training has conditioned them to believe that the real world is the world which can be satisfactorily explained and managed without the hypothesis of God? I know of only one clue to the answering of that question, only one real hermeneutic of the gospel: a congregation which believes it.” KnowsWorldBelieveMadeRealStoriesCreationStrangeTrainingFleshReal WorldSaviorResurrectionClueHypothesisCredibleCongregationHermeneuticsStrange Stories Author:Lesslie Newbigin
