All earthly cities are vulnerable. Men build them and men destroy them. At the same time there is a City of God which men did not build and cannot destroy and which is everlasting.

— Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990), Journalist

Source: The End of Christendom (1980)

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Time & Transience, Hope & Confidence

Malcolm Muggeridge

Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990) war ein britischer Journalist, Autor und BBC-Moderator, der sich nach Jahren als agnostischer Auslandskorrespondent im späteren Leben dem katholischen Glauben zuwandte. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Berichterstattung über die sowjetische Hungerkatastrophe in der Ukraine, die weltweite Bekanntmachung von Mutter Teresa sowie seine scharfe Kritik am westlichen Materialismus. Für Bibelleser reflektieren seine Texte die Ernüchterung gegenüber säkularen Ideologien und die Suche nach moralischer wie geistlicher Orientierung.

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