The happiest and holiest children in the world are the children whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their reverential and loving fear. And they are the children who will come to understand most easily the mystery of the fatherhood of God.

— John Piper (b. 1946), Pastor, Theologe und Bestsellerautor

Topics: Relationships & Family, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

Occasions: For Reflection

John Piper

John Piper (* 1946) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Theologe, Autor und langjähriger Pastor der Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis sowie Gründer der Lehrorganisation Desiring God. Er prägte das Konzept des „christlichen Hedonismus“, das Freude an Gott als Kern christlicher Frömmigkeit begreift, und gilt als einflussreiche Stimme der neo-calvinistischen Bewegung. Für Bibelleser vermittelt er ein theozentrisches Schriftverständnis mit starker Betonung der Souveränität Gottes, steht jedoch wegen seiner strikt komplementaristischen Haltung zu Geschlechterrollen und seiner Äußerungen zu Unterordnung in der Kritik.

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