Quotes by Victor Shepherd

Victor Shepherd (b. 1944) — Theologe, Professor für Systematische und Historische Theologie und Autor · reformiert · Kanada

Victor Shepherd (* 1944) ist ein kanadischer Theologe, presbyterianischer Pfarrer und langjähriger Professor für Systematische und Historische Theologie in Toronto. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Arbeiten zur Theologie der Reformation und John Wesleys, in denen er historische Dogmatik mit existenzieller Glaubenspraxis verbindet. Für Bibellesende bietet sein Werk seelsorglich orientierte Zugänge zu reformatorischen Kernthemen wie Gnade, Rechtfertigung und Leiden.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Hope & Confidence, Faith & Trust, Love

Quotes by Victor Shepherd

Hope, from a biblical perspective, is a future certainty grounded in a present reality.

Victor Shepherd

God commands his people to hope. To be sure, it’s only as He gives us hope that He commands us to hope, yet command us to hope He most certainly does. For this reason the mediaeval rabbis used to say that the arch sin is despair.

Victor Shepherd

You must have noticed that Scripture links faith, hope and love, and groups them together again and again. Hope is the middle term between faith and love. Hope keeps faith from collapsing under the burden of disappointment and delay. Hope keeps love from dissolving under the acids of frustration. Hope fortifies love and lends it resilience. Hope stiffens faith and forestalls collapse.

Victor Shepherd

Sources: wycliffecollege.ca, tyndale.ca, wikipedia.org, victorshepherd.ca

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