We have no right to keep silent

We are commissioned to bring good news, to tell the story of God's marvellous and mighty acts for the salvation of the world. We must not withhold this story from anyone. To keep it to ourselves, as though it were a private 'in-house' story of the Church, as though Jesus were Lord of the Christians, but not the lord of all, would be intolerable sectarianism. We have no right to keep silent about it, and if we try to do so, we deny its truth. (Weston, Paul. "Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian." Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 2006 p182)

Once again, Newbigin has reminded me, in vivid terms, that proclamation is not optional.