Quotes by Fulbert Steffensky

Fulbert Steffensky (b. 1933) — Religionspädagoge, Publizist · Evangelisch (vormals Benediktiner) · Deutschland

Fulbert Steffensky (* 1933) ist ein deutscher Theologe und Religionspädagoge, der nach dreizehn Jahren als Benediktinermönch zum evangelischen Glauben konvertierte und als Professor an der Universität Hamburg lehrte. Bekannt wurde er als Mitbegründer des „Politischen Nachtgebets“ sowie durch die Verbindung monastischer Spiritualität mit gesellschaftspolitischer Wachsamkeit und poetischer Sprachkraft. Für Bibelleser erschließt sein Werk biblische Texte als lebensnahe Einübung in Hoffnung, alltägliche Widerstandskraft und einen Glauben, der Zweifel zulässt.

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Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Hope & Confidence, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Wisdom & Understanding, Ethical Questions, The Bible & the Word of God, Doubt & Hard Questions, Courage & Strength

Quotes by Fulbert Steffensky

Prayer is the place where one jumps further than one can jump.

Fulbert Steffensky

To miss God belongs to our mature faith in God.

Fulbert Steffensky

One also learns to hope by acting as if rescue were possible.

Fulbert Steffensky

Death must not have the last word, otherwise it would be greater than God.

Fulbert Steffensky

Success alone does not justify what a person does. There are actions that are justified in themselves.

Fulbert Steffensky

Finding something beautiful, by the way, is the first and perhaps strongest enticement to faith.

Fulbert Steffensky

God does not make faith easy for anyone. He makes hope hard.

Fulbert Steffensky

To believe in God also means to suffer from God.

Fulbert Steffensky

Learning hope also means unlearning illusions, even the illusions about God.

Fulbert Steffensky

We do not know how the world will turn out, but we know what it is meant to become.

Fulbert Steffensky

Hope does not guarantee a good outcome of things.

Fulbert Steffensky

Hope does not admit defeat.

Fulbert Steffensky

No one understands the Bible who reads it timelessly. No one understands the Bible who reads it without interest.

Fulbert Steffensky

One cannot think what one does not do. One cannot believe what one does not do. One cannot hope for what one does not work toward.

Fulbert Steffensky

Where do you look for a strong one? Among the strong. Where do you look for a liberator? Among the liberated.

Fulbert Steffensky

Words can be will-o'-the-wisps, and I have the impression that spirituality has become one.

Fulbert Steffensky

We must live without miracles. We have only the old narratives left.

Fulbert Steffensky

A miracle is what we interpret as a miracle.

Fulbert Steffensky

Sources: evangelisch.de, wikipedia.org, grupo-sal.de, ref.ch

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