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Aimed at bringing contemporary concerns in mission theology to a wide-reading public, this volume flows from Newbigin’s extensive experience in the mission field and from lectures developed especially to prepare men and women for missionary service. Newbigin describes the Christian mission as the declaration of an open secret—open in that it is preached to all nations, secret in that it is...

as part of sinful humanity. And in that action he received the anointing of the Spirit. At the same moment the word of God spoken through Isaiah sounded in his ears. He is the beloved Son, anointed by the Spirit to bring forth justice to the nations. The baptism in the Jordan was only a beginning. It had to be completed by a crowded ministry in which Jesus acted out his identification with sin-burdened humanity (Matt. 8:17). It had to be consummated on Calvary, where his baptism was complete (Luke
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