Quotes by Ralph Winter

Ralph Winter (1924–2009) — Missiologe · Evangelikal · USA

Recurring topics: Witness & Mission, The Bible & the Word of God, Meaning & Identity, Time & Transience, Ethical Questions

Quotes by Ralph Winter

The Bible is not the basis of missions; missions is the basis of the Bible.
Ralph Winter

America today is a save-yourself society if there ever was one. But does it really work? The underdeveloped societies suffer from one set of diseases: tuberculosis, malnutrition, pneumonia, parasites, typhoid, cholera, typhus, etc. Affluent America has virtually invented a whole new set of diseases: obesity, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, strokes, lung cancer, venereal disease, cirrhosis of the liver, drug addiction, alcoholism, divorce, battered children, suicide, murder. Take your choice. Laborsaving machines have turned out to be body-killing devices. Our affluence has allowed both mobility and isolation of the nuclear family, and as a result our divorce courts, our prisons and our mental institutions are flooded. In saving ourselves we have nearly lost ourselves.
Ralph Winter

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