The noun [mercy] and its derivatives always deal with what we see of pain, misery, and distress, these results of sin; and grace always with the sin and the guilt itself. The one extends relief, the other pardon; the one cures, heals, helps, the other cleanses and reinstates. With God [grace] is always first and [mercy] is second.
— R.C.H. Lenski (1864–1936), Kommentator
Topics: Grace & Redemption
R.C.H. Lenski
Richard Charles Henry Lenski (1864–1936) war ein deutsch-US-amerikanischer lutherischer Theologe, Pfarrer und Seminarprofessor in Columbus, Ohio. Bekannt ist er für seinen monumentalen, eng am griechischen Grundtext orientierten Kommentar zum gesamten Neuen Testament, dessen grammatikalische Exegese von der neueren Sprachwissenschaft jedoch als teils starr und methodisch veraltet eingestuft wird. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet sein Werk eine detaillierte Vers-für-Vers-Auslegung aus einer strikt altkonfessionell lutherischen Perspektive.
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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