The person with the discontented heart has the attitude that everything he does for God is too much, and everything God does for him is too little.

— Don Kistler (b. 1949), Geistlicher, Verleger und Autor

Topics: Joy & Gratitude, Humility & Pride

Don Kistler

Don Kistler (* 1949) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Geistlicher, Autor und Verleger, der durch die Gründung von Verlagen wie Soli Deo Gloria Publications und The Northampton Press bekannt wurde. Theologisch vertritt er klassische reformatorische Grundsätze und widmete sein Lebenswerk vor allem der sprachlichen Erschliessung und Neuauflage puritanischer Schriften des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Für heutige Bibelleser bietet sein publizistisches Wirken einen systematischen Zugang zu historischer puritanischer Seelsorge und Schriftauslegung.

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