For if, as the apostle argues, “He that does not provide for his own house,” in temporal things, “has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel;” to what greater degree of apostasy must he have arrived, who takes no thought to provide for the spiritual welfare of his family!

— George Whitefield (1714–1770), Erweckungsprediger

Related Bible passage: 1TI.5.8

Topics: Relationships & Family, Service & Love of Neighbour

George Whitefield

George Whitefield war ein englischer anglikanischer Geistlicher des 18. Jahrhunderts und eine prägende Leitfigur der frühen evangelikalen Erweckungsbewegung in Großbritannien und Nordamerika. Er wurde durch seine rhetorisch kraftvollen Freiluftpredigten bekannt, in denen er mit calvinistischer Prägung die Notwendigkeit der persönlichen Wiedergeburt betonte. Während seine Texte bis heute für missionarischen Eifer stehen, bleibt sein Wirken durch seinen eigenen Sklavenbesitz und seinen Einsatz für die Legalisierung der Sklaverei in Georgia historisch belastet.

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