The church’s spiritual malaise cannot be cured by resort to the resources of idolatrous society on which…Christians have been too dependent, or to their own resources. Their illness can be remedied only by a renewed relationship with Christ.

— G.K. Beale (b. 1949), Neutestamentler und Biblischer Theologe

Topics: Church & Congregation, Faith & Trust

G.K. Beale

Gregory K. Beale (* 1949) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Neutestamentler, der unter anderem am Westminster Theological Seminary und am Reformed Theological Seminary lehrte. Er profilierte sich durch Forschungen zur Verwendung des Alten Testaments im Neuen Testament und vertrat in innerevangelikalen Debatten eine strikte Haltung zur biblischen Irrtumslosigkeit. Für Bibelleser erschließt seine exegetische Arbeit typologische Bezüge und die theologische Einheit des gesamten biblischen Kanons.

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