An adventure awaits us in reading Christian books. Once we see the connection between the Word of God and the books we read, we will embark on a search and discovery mission in the expanding field of human knowledge, where all truth is God’s truth and Jesus Christ is the center that holds all things together. A nonreading Christian is a contradiction in terms. With the Bible as our primary source, we read other books that serve as teaching tools for the Holy Spirit in order that we may become men and women of God, “thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

— David McKenna (b. 1929), Präsident christlicher Hochschulen und Seminare, Autor

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Wisdom & Understanding

David McKenna

David Loren McKenna (* 1929) ist ein US-amerikanischer methodistischer Theologe, Pädagoge und Autor, der über drei Jahrzehnte lang als Präsident verschiedener christlicher Hochschulen und Seminare wirkte. Er prägte die evangelikale Bildungslandschaft maßgeblich und widmete sich in zahlreichen Büchern vor allem Fragen von Gemeindeleitung und dienender Leiterschaft. Für Bibellesende sind vor allem seine Kommentarbände und Auslegungen von Bedeutung, die theologische Einsichten mit konkreten Anwendungen für die Lebens- und Leiterschaftspraxis verbinden.

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