Quotes by Austin Phelps

Austin Phelps (1820–1890) — Theologe · Congregationalist · USA

Austin Phelps war ein US-amerikanischer kongregationalistischer Geistlicher und Theologe des 19. Jahrhunderts, der als Professor und Präsident am Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts wirkte. Er trat als Ausbilder von Predigern hervor, verteidigte die klassische Schriftauslegung gegen theologische Neuerungen und verfasste mit „The Still Hour“ ein viel gelesenes Werk über das Gebetsleben. Bibellesern begegnet er heute vor allem durch Zitate über persönliche Andacht, geistliche Disziplin und die Bedeutung der Stille vor Gott.

Era: Revival & the 19th Century

Recurring topics: Prayer & Silence, Grace & Redemption, Witness & Mission, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Peace & Rest, Faith & Trust, Loneliness & Abandonment, Growth & Character

Quotes by Austin Phelps

The gospel is not advice on how a man may save himself, but news that God has already provided salvation.

Austin Phelps

Prayer is the language of need. God has instituted it as the means by which human emptiness meets divine fullness.

Austin Phelps

Silence before God is often the deepest form of worship; there are moments when words only hinder communion.

Austin Phelps

It is a law of the spiritual life that God comes as near to us as we come near to Him.

Austin Phelps

It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be often long alone with God.

Austin Phelps

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