Turning the tables

The question with which I am wrestling [...] is this: As people who are part of modern Western culture, with its confidence in the validity of its scientific methods, how can we move from the place where we explain the gospel in terms of our modern scientific worldview to the place where we explain the modern scientific worldview from the point of view of the gospel?
(Weston, Paul. ed. "Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian." Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 2006 p199)

That this question is so rarely asked is strong evidence that in many ways our thought, even about proclamation, is shaped far more by our culture than by the gospel. That Newbigin asks it so clearly and forcefully is a good indicator that he was on the pursuit of a truly missionary encounter with Western culture that had the gospel as its foundation - and we would do well to learn from him.