Quotes by Ronald Dunn
Ronald Dunn (1936–2001) — Pastor, Bibellehrer, Konferenzredner und Buchautor · baptistisch / evangelikal · USA
Ronald Dunn (1936–2001) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor, Bibellehrer und Autor, der nach langjährigem Gemeindedienst in Texas einen weltweiten Predigtdienst ausübte. Geprägt von persönlichen Schicksalsschlägen, thematisierte er in seinen Vorträgen und Büchern vor allem das Gebetsleben sowie den Umgang mit Leid, Depressionen und Glaubenskrisen. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Texte einen praxisnahen Zugang zu Fürbitte und geistlicher Beständigkeit in schweren Lebensphasen, fernab von Wohlstands- und Erfolgsversprechen.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Suffering & the Question of God, Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Humility & Pride, Growth & Character, Prayer & Silence, Illness & Weakness
Quotes by Ronald Dunn
I have never told God anything he didn't already know. He was never shocked by my words and never afterward said, 'I didn't think that of you.'
Ronald Dunn
I know of no one but God who rewards his servants as much for the good intentions of their hearts as for the finished work of their hands.
Ronald Dunn
Faith is not a means of getting man’s will done in heaven; it is the means of getting God’s will done on earth. Faith does not put God at our beck and call; rather it puts us at his.
Ronald Dunn
Today I wish the only things I had to worry about now were the things I worried about when I was sixteen. Back then God was after pimples. Now He’s after tumors.
Ronald Dunn
He doesn’t give peace, he is our Peace; he doesn’t give knowledge, he is our knowledge; he doesn’t give wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—he is all these things himself (1 Cor. 1:30).
Ronald Dunn
We see the hero of faith on the mountaintop, but not the sweat of his climb — and not the descent into the next valley either.
Ronald Dunn
The hardest battles in our lives are not with the devil, but with God.
Ronald Dunn
Sometimes it's easier for me to say no to the devil than yes to God.
Ronald Dunn
The greatest things God has done in my life were things I did not like — and did not want.
Ronald Dunn
The more fellowship we have with God, the more we will trust him. And the more we trust him, the less we need to understand. Once we grasp this, inner peace becomes possible.
Ronald Dunn
Man does not need to perform spiritual acrobatics to look particularly good before God.
Ronald Dunn
The life of many Christians resembles an old mattress: firm at the top and bottom, but sagging badly in the middle.
Ronald Dunn
If you are limping around on the crutches of feelings, throw them away and walk on the legs of faith.
Ronald Dunn
It's shocking how many key encounters with God we can have — and still not change.
Ronald Dunn
How is it that we so readily blame God for our misfortune, but not for our good fortune?
Ronald Dunn
More important than speculating about the causes of suffering is God's work in the midst of that suffering.
Ronald Dunn
Everything we get in the Christian life we get by grace through faith. Grace makes it available and faith accepts it.
Ronald Dunn
I firmly believe that when we are in eternity with opened eyes, we will agree with everything God has done in our lives.
Ronald Dunn
Faith is the channel through which all that God has promised becomes ours.
Ronald Dunn
Faith puts man right where God wants him—in the place of total dependence.
Ronald Dunn
True faith is authenticated by its object, and the only valid object is God. The secret of faith is knowing God; and the greater our knowledge of him and his Word, the greater will be our faith.
Ronald Dunn
I believe we blame God for a lot of things he's not actually responsible for.
Ronald Dunn
Our churches must finally understand that suffering from a world knocked out of joint is a legitimate spiritual experience for many of their members. Those affected need help and must be addressed.
Ronald Dunn
There simply is no answer to the question 'Why?', because it's not a valid question.
Ronald Dunn
But the thing that captivates me most about Hebrews 11:6 is not the fact that we should be pleasing to God, but that we can be. Just think of it: Fallen, sinful, selfish, finite people are able to please a thrice holy God, a God too pure even to look upon sin.
Ronald Dunn
Sources: goodreads.com, clcpublications.com, sermonsearch.com, rondunn.com
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