Life is supposed to be lived for God and for others.
— Jerry Falwell (1933–2007), Pastor, Aktivist
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Service & Love of Neighbour, Discipleship
Occasions: For Reflection
Jerry Falwell
Jerry Falwell (1933–2007) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor, Televangelist und Gründer der Thomas Road Baptist Church sowie der Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Als Mitbegründer der Organisation „Moral Majority“ mobilisierte er konservative Christen für die Bundespolitik und löste durch scharf polarisierende Äußerungen zu gesellschaftlichen Minderheiten und Krisen wiederholt schwere Kontroversen aus. Für heutige Bibelleser steht sein Wirken exemplarisch für die enge, oft umstrittene Verknüpfung von theologischem Fundamentalismus mit parteipolitischem Aktivismus.
All quotes by Jerry Falwell (9)
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