Our fifth “Newbigin Summer Institute” was held in Cambridge this July. After last year’s gathering at Westminster College, we were back at Trinity Hall right in the middle of the historic university city. Once again, we were wonderfully hosted in this beautiful, old, and iconic setting just by the river. Lectures were held in the […]
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Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams, “Rethinking the Church: Lesslie Newbigin and the Household of God” Lesslie Newbigin Summer Institute 2017 Magdalene College, Cambridge University
To be honest, I had no idea what I was getting into when I agreed to attend LNSI in Cambridge. I wanted an excuse to travel to Europe for my first time and this conference seemed to fit the bill. If the conference wasn’t a good enough excuse, then we had our 20th wedding anniversary […]
A Very Big Gospel for the Work of a Lifetime A Colloquy for Pastors | January 11, 2017 Dr. Daniel Kirk
“The need for certainty,” writes Biblical scholar and professor Pete Enns, “is sin, because it works off of fear and limits God to our mental images. We’re trusting ourselves and disguising it as trusting God.” Enns, the author of books like Inspiration and Incarnation and The Evolution of Adam, recently spoke to a crowd gathered […]