Quotes by Horst Afflerbach

Horst Afflerbach (b. 1953) — Theologe, Pastor und Autor, ehem. Leiter der Biblisch-Theologischen Akademie Wiedenest · Evangelisch-freikirchlich (Brüderbewegung / Evangelikal) · Deutschland

Horst Afflerbach (* 1953) ist ein deutscher evangelisch-freikirchlicher Theologe, Pastor und Buchautor, der viele Jahre als Dozent und Leiter an der Biblisch-Theologischen Akademie Wiedenest tätig war. Er befasste sich intensiv mit systematischer Theologie sowie der Geschichte der Brüderbewegung und veröffentlichte mit dem „Handbuch christliche Ethik“ ein weit verbreitetes Nachschlagewerk. Bibellesern bietet er theologische Einordnungen und praxisnahe Orientierung zu ethischen Fragen des christlichen Glaubens.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Guidance & God's Will, Faith & Trust, Church & Congregation, Witness & Mission, Grace & Redemption, Temptation & Struggle

Quotes by Horst Afflerbach

Through his first coming, Christ resolved the question of guilt on the cross. At his second coming, he will visibly resolve the question of power.

Horst Afflerbach

The goal of the Holy Spirit is to make God's presence so effective in people's lives that it is lived out to the honor of Jesus Christ.

Horst Afflerbach

In God alone does man have his ground to stand on.

Horst Afflerbach

The dominion of evil is broken through Jesus.

Horst Afflerbach

God makes history, guides it and acts within it. To do so he uses various people, powers and destinies.

Horst Afflerbach

History is shaped not by chance and necessity, but by God in his acting.

Horst Afflerbach

All attempts throughout church history to drive the kingdom of God forward by the sword have failed miserably and achieved the opposite: rejection, unbelief, violence.

Horst Afflerbach

The kingdom of God is both: already begun, but not yet complete.

Horst Afflerbach

The coming of the Lord is judgment and salvation at once.

Horst Afflerbach

Our own election goes back to a decision God made long before.

Horst Afflerbach

The Bible traces God's history of salvation between creation and new creation.

Horst Afflerbach

We must accept God's sovereign working and acknowledge his counsels.

Horst Afflerbach

The foremost task of the church is the mission of the world.

Horst Afflerbach

Without suffering and affliction there is no entrance into glory.

Horst Afflerbach

Whoever wants to see everything already here will see a fallacy.

Horst Afflerbach

All attempts throughout history to Christianize entire nations have failed, for lack of the insight that God acts differently in different eras of salvation.

Horst Afflerbach

Sources: wikipedia.org, oberberg-aktuell.de, fernbibliothek.ch, theoblog.de

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