The Third Commandment might well be paraphrased, “You shall not use the name of the Lord without meaning something by it.” Every time you use God’s name, you’d better mean something by it. Because God takes your words seriously even if you don’t.
— Ray Pritchard (b. 1952), Pastor, Buchautor und Konferenzsprecher
Related Bible passage: EXO.20.7
Topics: Ethical Questions, The Bible & the Word of God
Occasions: For Reflection
Ray Pritchard
Ray Pritchard (* 1952) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Buchautor und Leiter des Dienstes Keep Believing Ministries, der unter anderem langjährig die Calvary Memorial Church in Illinois führte. Er steht für eine praxisnahe, konservativ-evangelikale Auslegung der Bibel und Schriften über Vergebung, Heilsgewissheit sowie das Vertrauen auf Gottes Souveränität. Bibellesern bieten seine Bücher und Andachten leicht verständliche theologische Impulse zur konkreten Anwendung biblischer Texte im Alltag.
All quotes by Ray Pritchard (8)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right: when you have done so, the rest lies with God.
C.S. Lewis
The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Mother Teresa
My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
Martin Luther King Jr.
There are no ordinary people; every neighbor carries eternal significance.
C.S. Lewis
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Desmond Tutu