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Norman Percy Grubb (1895–1993). Born on August 2, 1895, in Hampstead, England, to an Anglican vicar, Norman Grubb became a missionary, evangelist, and author. Educated at Marlborough College, he served as a lieutenant in World War I, earning the Military Cross, though wounded in the leg. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he helped found what became InterVarsity Christian Fellowship but left in 1920 to join his fiancée, Pauline Studd, daughter of missionary C.T. Studd, in the Belgian Congo. There, for ten years, he evangelized and translated the New Testament into Bangala. After Studd’s death in 1931, Grubb led the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC) as general secretary until 1965, growing it from 35 to 2,700 missionaries, and co-founded the Christian Literature Crusade. He authored books like C.T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer, Rees Howells, Intercessor, and Yes, I Am, focusing on faith and Christ’s indwelling presence. Retiring to Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, he traveled, preaching “Christ in you” until his death on December 15, 1993. Grubb said, “Good is only the other side of evil, but God is good and has no opposite.”
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Norman Grubb emphasizes the concept of a shared life, drawing from the idea of Christ in us and us in Him. He delves into the profound mystery of being in Christ and Christ being in us, acknowledging the limitations of human understanding in fully grasping this truth. Grubb highlights that the Cross serves as the gateway to this shared life, with Christ being the ultimate focus and objective of our faith.
Union – Central Secret of the Universe
“I’ve got a shared life,” He said, as I’ll show you a little later on from Scripture. Jesus had a shared life. We have a shared life, a united life. Christ in you, we in Him, that’s the other side of it. I can’t say this moment that my mind can compass it. I in Him. He in me. I can’t say I can compass it. I’ve spent hours seeking to compass it—perhaps I haven’t sufficient light yet. Thank God, I know I know it. In other words, I know Him! I can see a little. Brothers, the Cross is not the centre and is not the objective. This is the centre and objective. The Cross is the gateway. The Cross isn’t the end; the Christ is the end. And the Christ is this One—joined to me forever and I am joined to Him forever. There are astounding statements in God’s Word. Karuizawa Japan Conference of 1954
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Norman Percy Grubb (1895–1993). Born on August 2, 1895, in Hampstead, England, to an Anglican vicar, Norman Grubb became a missionary, evangelist, and author. Educated at Marlborough College, he served as a lieutenant in World War I, earning the Military Cross, though wounded in the leg. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he helped found what became InterVarsity Christian Fellowship but left in 1920 to join his fiancée, Pauline Studd, daughter of missionary C.T. Studd, in the Belgian Congo. There, for ten years, he evangelized and translated the New Testament into Bangala. After Studd’s death in 1931, Grubb led the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (WEC) as general secretary until 1965, growing it from 35 to 2,700 missionaries, and co-founded the Christian Literature Crusade. He authored books like C.T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer, Rees Howells, Intercessor, and Yes, I Am, focusing on faith and Christ’s indwelling presence. Retiring to Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, he traveled, preaching “Christ in you” until his death on December 15, 1993. Grubb said, “Good is only the other side of evil, but God is good and has no opposite.”