The truth should comfort the hurting but also unsettle the comfortable.

— Curtis Thomas, Pastor und Buchautor

Topics: Freedom & Truth, The Bible & the Word of God, Discipleship

Curtis Thomas

Curtis Thomas ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikal-reformierter Pastor und Autor, der über vier Jahrzehnte im pastoralen Dienst stand, insbesondere in Arkansas. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem als Mitverfasser des Buches „The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented“, einer systematischen Darlegung der reformierten Heilslehre. Für Bibelleser bietet seine Arbeit eine kompakte, stark an Belegstellen orientierte Zusammenfassung calvinistischer Theologie und reformierter Gemeindepraxis.

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