Quotes by Rainer Baum

Rainer Baum — Pastor, Dozent für Praktische Theologie und Autor · evangelikal / freikirchlich · Deutschland

Rainer Baum ist ein deutscher Theologe, Pastor einer Freien evangelischen Gemeinde und Dozent für Praktische Theologie an der Biblisch-Theologischen Akademie Forum Wiedenest. Er befasst sich in Lehre und Publikationen vor allem mit Predigtlehre, Evangelisation sowie Seelsorge in der Gemeinde- und Jugendarbeit. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Beiträge praxisorientierte Impulse zur Anwendung biblischer Texte im persönlichen Glaubensleben und im Gemeindedienst.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Ethical Questions, Relationships & Family, Service & Love of Neighbour, Doubt & Hard Questions, Faith & Trust, Guilt & Forgiveness, Growth & Character, Guidance & God's Will

Quotes by Rainer Baum

Nowhere in the Bible do we find God's promise that he will show us the ideal marriage partner. Rather, it is our responsibility to think with sense and wisdom about who suits us.

Rainer Baum

Believing does not mean understanding everything and never doubting.

Rainer Baum

Raised noses and pointed fingers have no place in pastoral care.

Rainer Baum

Sexuality is nothing you have to whisper about with a red face.

Rainer Baum

In the realm of thoughts we notice most clearly that we never become perfect and always need forgiveness again.

Rainer Baum

Speed has no place in pastoral care. Quick diagnoses are a danger.

Rainer Baum

Sexual violence must no longer remain a taboo subject in Christian communities.

Rainer Baum

Throughout the whole Bible it becomes clear again and again that it is not only about hearing God's word, but above all about doing it.

Rainer Baum

When egg and sperm cell fuse, a unique human being emerges, loved and affirmed by God.

Rainer Baum

Sex is never a problem-solver. You cannot settle a conflict in a relationship by going to bed together.

Rainer Baum

Perhaps in our Western world there is no cause that turns more people away from faith than sins in the area of sexuality.

Rainer Baum

Biblical sexuality is a very simple marriage-oriented ethic. Its conclusion is: no sex before or outside of marriage - and (this is often overlooked): no abstaining from sex within marriage.

Rainer Baum

Perhaps sexual temptation is the devil's most popular and successful method for putting Christian workers in checkmate.

Rainer Baum

Practicing restraint even before marriage is the best path to a fulfilled, mature relationship and sexuality.

Rainer Baum

Sexual sins often have greater and more massive consequences than other sins.

Rainer Baum

A believer and an unbeliever are so different that a partnership is simply unthinkable. Apart from this restriction, God gives us complete freedom in choosing and finding a partner.

Rainer Baum

Pastoral care should always be conducted only among the same gender. There are no exceptions to this. Not even if one is already married.

Rainer Baum

Whoever wants to have sex should marry.

Rainer Baum

Sources: wiedenest.de, gesunde-gemeinden.de, oberberg-aktuell.de, unbeschwert-laufen.de

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