Quotes by Gerald Sittser

Gerald Sittser (b. 1950) — Theologe und Buchautor · evangelikal · Vereinigte Staaten

Gerald Sittser (* 1950) ist ein US-amerikanischer Theologe, Pastor und Buchautor, der über drei Jahrzehnte als Professor für Theologie an der Whitworth University in Spokane lehrte. Weithin bekannt wurde er durch sein Werk „A Grace Disguised“ („Gnade im Leid“), in dem er theologische Reflexion über Verlust und Trauer mit Impulsen altkirchlicher Spiritualität verbindet. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften seelsorgliche Orientierung zum Umgang mit Leid sowie zur gelebten christlichen Nachfolge in einer säkularen Welt.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Suffering & the Question of God, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grief & Comfort, Wisdom & Understanding, Faith & Trust, Doubt & Hard Questions, Prayer & Silence, Humility & Pride

Quotes by Gerald Sittser

I don't pray because I am holy; I pray because I am desperate.

Gerald Sittser

Suffering suspends us between two eventful days or periods of time, two realities—a past that can't be changed and a future that can't be known.

Gerald Sittser

You can and should mourn, but also look for moments of joy. You can and should feel anger, but also move toward forgiveness.

Gerald Sittser

The suffering of Holy Saturday is like winter. The death of fall gives way to the decay of winter. But spring turns that decay into fertile soil for the new life soon to emerge.

Gerald Sittser

I pray because I have no other choice.

Gerald Sittser

Suffering is not always a test. Suffering is not always deserved.

Gerald Sittser

Big became little; power became weakness; rich became poor; wise became foolish.

Gerald Sittser

In the incarnation God demonstrates that he is for us, not against us, because he chose to enter the story as a character.

Gerald Sittser

It's an in-between space of uncertainty, sorrow, and brokenness; but also of expectation and hope.

Gerald Sittser

God is good, to be sure; but not tame.

Gerald Sittser

The story doesn't answer the question because any answer, however persuasive, would have no power to mitigate or eliminate suffering.

Gerald Sittser

We want answers; we crave predictability; we insist life makes sense.

Gerald Sittser

Holy Saturday reminds us that, however true and perfect Christ's redemptive work, we still suffer.

Gerald Sittser

Such experiences of loss will either change us for the better or destroy us, but they will not leave us as we were before.

Gerald Sittser

Restoration of prosperity, however, misses the larger point, which is restoration of relationship.

Gerald Sittser

We prefer to know and follow a domesticated God.

Gerald Sittser

This is the inconvenient truth about miracles. They dazzle us, to be sure, and they meet immediate needs. But they don't last.

Gerald Sittser

Not every prayer is answered. God often seems silent.

Gerald Sittser

The fact is, suffering just is.

Gerald Sittser

God works miracles. But miracles are never the solution.

Gerald Sittser

There is just Job, alone in his suffering.

Gerald Sittser

Sources: whitworth.edu, thegospelcoalition.org, goodreads.com, friedenschurch.org

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