Quotes by Alexander Whyte

Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) — Prediger · Free Church · Schottland

Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) war ein schottischer Prediger der Free Church und langjähriger Pastor sowie Hochschulleiter in Edinburgh. Er stand für eine von puritanischer Frömmigkeit geprägte Verkündigung mit detaillierten biblischen Charakterstudien, geriet jedoch unter konservativen Calvinisten wegen seiner Offenheit für katholische Mystiker und theologische Reformer in die Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sein Werk eine seelsorgliche Betrachtung menschlicher Schwachheit, persönlicher Buße und des Gebetslebens.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Church & Congregation, Prayer & Silence, Grace & Redemption, Meaning & Identity, Growth & Character

Quotes by Alexander Whyte

Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.

Alexander Whyte

Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by the clock than one man in a thousand thinks.

Alexander Whyte

It is often ignorantly and frivolously charged against Christian men that it is selfish in them to seek heaven and glory for their own souls; but no man who is truly seeking salvation will be moved by that accusation. When men really begin to seek their salvation, and to turn their faces to the glory of heaven, then it is that all selfish and ignoble desires receive their death-blow. It is not selfish, surely, for the diseased to seek healing, or the hungry food, or the prodigal his father’s house. So far from this being a sign that the heart is selfish, there is no surer sign that it is being sanctified.

Alexander Whyte

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