The intrinsic drive to please the significant people in our lives reflects the fact that we were built to bring pleasure to someone outside of ourselves – God. The highest satisfaction of life is knowing in our spirits that He indeed is pleased with us.
— Joseph Stowell (b. 1944), Pastor, Theologe, Buchautor und Hochschulpräsident
Topics: Meaning & Identity, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Discipleship
Occasions: For Reflection
Joseph Stowell
Joseph M. Stowell (* 1944) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Autor und Theologe, der über Jahrzehnte als Präsident des Moody Bible Institute sowie der Cornerstone University wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch zahlreiche Publikationen und Andachtsformate wie »Our Daily Bread«, in denen er Themen wie christuszentrierte Nachfolge, dienende Leiterschaft und persönliche Integrität betont. Bibellesern vermittelt er eine anwendungsorientierte und seelsorglich zugängliche Auslegung biblischer Texte für den Alltag.
All quotes by Joseph Stowell (5)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson