Quotes by Andy Naselli

Andy Naselli (b. 1980) — Professor für Systematische Theologie und Neues Testament, Pastor und Autor · Reformierter Baptist / Evangelikal · USA

Andy Naselli (* 1980) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe und Pastor, der als Professor für Systematische Theologie und Neues Testament am Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis lehrt. Er vertritt eine reformiert-baptistische Theologie und ist vor allem für seine Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Exegese sowie zu praktischen ethischen Themen wie dem christlichen Gewissen bekannt. Bibellesern bietet er methodisch strukturierte Zugänge zum Bibeltext und theologische Orientierung, während sein Leitungs- und Lehrstil im institutionellen Umfeld auch Gegenstand öffentlicher Kritik war.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Freedom & Truth, Wisdom & Understanding, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Doubt & Hard Questions

Quotes by Andy Naselli

[The Bible] does not merely conform to a higher standard of truth; the Bible itself is the standard of truthfulness.

Andy Naselli

God didn’t dictate the whole Bible the way an executive mechanically dictates letters to his secretary. The human authors’ personalities are like musical instruments. If I play the same tune on a number of wind instruments, each will sound different even if I play the exact melody in the same key and even though it’s all coming from the same breath – mine. If I play “Amazing Grace” on a tuba, baritone, trombone, French horn, trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and flute, it is all “Andy- breathed” or “Andy-produced,” but it goes through the “personality” of the instrument. In one sense that’s how God produced the Bible through human authors.

Andy Naselli

“The Word (i.e., Jesus) is what matters, not the Word (i.e., the Bible).” As pious as that sounds, it takes a different view of the Word than the Word Himself. Jesus repeatedly quotes the Bible as completely trustworthy and as His final authority.

Andy Naselli

Because the Bible stands over us, it requires reverence, submission, and obedience. Because it is completely truthful, it requires trust. Because its nature contrasts sharply with our finiteness and sinfulness, it requires humble reading that is always open to correction. And because it reveals God and His ways, it requires careful, prayerful reading that situates passages within its grand story of God’s creation, our fall, Christ’s redemption, and the universe’s consummation.

Andy Naselli

If you can’t fully trust the Bible when it discusses science and history (secondary matters that can be verified), how can you trust it when it talks about God and salvation (supremely important matters that we can’t verify in the same way)? If you can’t trust the Bible, then you can’t trust God. If you don’t trust God, then you’ve exalted yourself as the ultimate authority instead of God.

Andy Naselli

Sources: bcsmn.edu, sbts.edu, wng.org

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