The Lord waits so long in His graciousness that people think He cannot judge, but when He does come in judgment, it is so decisive that it seems as if He cannot show mercy. For this is not the sudden anger of an irritable temper, easily inflamed but equally easily pacified. This is deliberate, measure wrath, following a full investigation of the facts. There can be no last-minute appeals or reprieves, for there is no higher court to whom appeal can be made, and no pertinent facts have been overlooked in reaching the verdict. So it was with Sodom and Gomorrah, and so it shall be at the end of history [see Luke 17:28-30].
— Iain Duguid (b. 1960), Alttestamentler, Theologieprofessor, Buchautor, presbyterianischer Pastor
Related Bible passage: LUK.17.28-30
Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
Iain Duguid
Iain Duguid ist ein britisch-US-amerikanischer Theologieprofessor und presbyterianischer Pastor, der seit 2014 Altes Testament am Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia lehrt. Er steht für eine historisch-grammatische Schriftauslegung im Rahmen der reformierten Bundestheologie und verbindet wissenschaftliche Exegese mit gemeindlicher Praxis. Für Bibelleser erschließt er durch seine Kommentare insbesondere anspruchsvolle alttestamentliche Bücher und Prophetien in ihrer heilsgeschichtlichen Bedeutung für den christlichen Glauben.
All quotes by Iain Duguid (22)
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
C.S. Lewis
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Jim Elliot
Martin Luther King Jr.
Whoever knows Easter cannot despair.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Helmut Thielicke
Charles Haddon Spurgeon