It is often ignorantly and frivolously charged against Christian men that it is selfish in them to seek heaven and glory for their own souls; but no man who is truly seeking salvation will be moved by that accusation. When men really begin to seek their salvation, and to turn their faces to the glory of heaven, then it is that all selfish and ignoble desires receive their death-blow. It is not selfish, surely, for the diseased to seek healing, or the hungry food, or the prodigal his father’s house. So far from this being a sign that the heart is selfish, there is no surer sign that it is being sanctified.
— Alexander Whyte (1836–1921), Prediger
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Meaning & Identity, Growth & Character
Occasions: For Reflection
Alexander Whyte
Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) war ein schottischer Prediger der Free Church und langjähriger Pastor sowie Hochschulleiter in Edinburgh. Er stand für eine von puritanischer Frömmigkeit geprägte Verkündigung mit detaillierten biblischen Charakterstudien, geriet jedoch unter konservativen Calvinisten wegen seiner Offenheit für katholische Mystiker und theologische Reformer in die Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sein Werk eine seelsorgliche Betrachtung menschlicher Schwachheit, persönlicher Buße und des Gebetslebens.
All quotes by Alexander Whyte (3)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller