Conservative churches will stop growing if they do not awaken. Mouthing traditional platitudes will not suffice. A return to the theology of the Bible we rightly call infallible and inerrant is needed. Biblical definitions of evangelism, conversion, baptism, and discipleship must be recovered. Worship of numbers must cease. Courage to be God’s remnant must emerge.

— Paul House (b. 1958), Alttestamentler, Theologieprofessor und Autor

Topics: Church & Congregation

Paul House

Paul R. House (* 1958) ist ein US-amerikanischer Alttestamentler und evangelikaler Theologe, der unter anderem am Wheaton College sowie an der Beeson Divinity School lehrte. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine kanonisch ausgerichtete alttestamentliche Theologie sowie seine Studie zur literarischen Einheit des Zwölfprophetenbuchs. Für heutige Bibelleser erschließen seine Kommentare und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten das Alte Testament als theologische Einheit auf der Grundlage einer fundierten hebräischen Exegese.

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