Quotes by Richard Blackaby

Richard Blackaby (b. 1961) — US-amerikanisch-kanadischer Autor, Pastor, Theologe und Präsident von Blackaby Ministries International · Evangelikal / Baptismus · Kanada / USA

Richard Blackaby (* 1961) ist ein US-amerikanisch-kanadischer Theologe, baptistischer Pastor und Präsident von Blackaby Ministries International. Er führt das publizistische Werk seines Vaters Henry Blackaby fort und vertritt ein Leitungsverständnis, das auf das Erkennen von Gottes Handeln statt auf weltliche Managementstrategien setzt. Für Bibelleser liefern seine Schriften praxisnahe Impulse für Gebet und Glaubensalltag, wenngleich seine Ausführungen zum Hören von Gottes Stimme von reformierten Theologen als potenzielle Schwächung des Schriftprinzips kritisiert wurden.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Guilt & Forgiveness, Work & Vocation, Hope & Confidence, Discipleship, Relationships & Family, Service & Love of Neighbour, Guidance & God's Will, Humility & Pride

Quotes by Richard Blackaby

Repentance is one of the most positive words in the Christian vocabulary! It refers to turning from a destructive path and moving instead into God’s abundant life.

Richard Blackaby

Leaders who insulate themselves from others and choose to bear their burdens single-handedly are destined for loneliness and burnout. Leaders, like everyone else, need friends and perhaps in light of the load they carry, even more so.

Richard Blackaby

You may not realize it, but your life has the potential to bless everyone you encounter.

Richard Blackaby

When God has access to our heart, mind, and soul through years of fellowship and worship, He allows us to see more of His activity and to be more involved in His miraculous work.

Richard Blackaby

Regardless of how badly you handled yesterday, today provides a fresh opportunity to do things right!

Richard Blackaby

You do not have to like a leader before you can show them respect!

Richard Blackaby

Every day, you are to offer your life to God for His service. You do not serve Him in your spare time or with your leftover resources. The way you live your life for God is your offering to Him.

Richard Blackaby

Christians are to be nice, not naive. (See Luke. 20:23).

Richard Blackaby

When spiritual leaders have done their jobs, the people around them have encountered God and obeyed his will.

Richard Blackaby

Our problem as leaders is we do everything we know to do. That's not enough. We need to do everything God wants us to do.

Richard Blackaby

It’s not where you’ve been that really matters but where you are heading.

Richard Blackaby

The problem with (an altar call for rededication) is that it is not biblical. The crux of the gospel message is not a call to rededication, but a call to repentance. John the Baptist preached repentance (Matt. 3:2). Jesus preached repentance, both in His earthly ministry and as the resurrected Lord (Matt. 4:17; Rev. 3:19). If one’s previous commitment did not keep him walking in obedience, a re-commitment is no more likely to make him faithful. The proper response to disobedience is not a commitment to try harder, but brokenness and repentance for rejecting the will of Almighty God. God looks for surrender to His will, not commitment to carry it out. Rather than asking church members to repeatedly promise to try harder, churches must call their people to repent before Holy God.

Richard Blackaby

Sources: richardblackaby.com, allamericanspeakers.com, blackaby.org, goodreads.com

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