Don’t buy the lie that cultivating condemnation and wallowing in your shame is somehow pleasing to God, or that a constant, low-grade guilt will somehow promote holiness and spiritual maturity. It’s just the opposite! God is glorified when we believe with all our hearts that those who trust in Christ can never be condemned. It’s only when we receive his free gift of grace and live in the good of total forgiveness that we’re able to turn from old, sinful ways of living and walk in grace-motivated obedience.
— Carolyn Mahaney (b. 1955), US-amerikanische christliche Autorin, Bloggerin und Referentin
Related Bible passage: ROM.8.1
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Guilt & Forgiveness, Freedom & Truth
Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection
Carolyn Mahaney
Die US-amerikanische Autorin und Referentin Carolyn Mahaney (* 1955) wirkte über Jahrzehnte im reformiert-charismatischen Umfeld der Sovereign Grace Churches. Bekannt wurde sie vor allem durch Bücher und Vorträge, die ein traditionell-komplementaristisches Frauenbild, Ehe und Alltagsorganisation auf Grundlage von Titus 2 behandeln. Während ihre praxisnahen Impulse im konservativ-evangelikalen Raum geschätzt werden, stehen ihr striktes Rollenverständnis und der normative Druck in ihrem damaligen Gemeindemilieu in der Kritik.
All quotes by Carolyn Mahaney (23)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller