The first time I met Jesus, and I was born again, was during an altar call at a small church, and the first thing He said to me was, ‘I am Jesus and I love you,’ I heard it audibly. The first thing He presented to me was not His power but His love.
— Philip Mantofa (b. 1974), Pastor und Evangelist
Topics: Love, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
Philip Mantofa
Philip Mantofa (* 1974) ist ein indonesischer Pastor und Evangelist pfingstlich-charismatischer Prägung und leitende Persönlichkeit der Megachurch Gereja Mawar Sharon in Surabaya. Er steht für großangelegte Erweckungsveranstaltungen, den Aufbau der Jugendbewegung „Army of God“ sowie eine Verkündigung, die Umkehr, Heiligkeit und das Wirken des Heiligen Geistes betont. Bibellesern begegnet er mit Impulsen zu Gebet und Glaubenshingabe, während seine Schilderungen übernatürlicher Visionen wie einer Höllenschau sowie charismatische Phänomene von Kritikern wiederholt hinterfragt werden.
All quotes by Philip Mantofa (13)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard