It takes what I am calling “big-heartedness” for a person to overcome jealousy, envy, division and personality differences to reach out and become an encourager… Genuine, godly love never even looks on another believer’s success as a threat, it looks on it as a blessing. It gets right in there giving all the possible support it can possibly give, immediately.
— Derick Bingham (1946–2010), Lehrpastor, Autor, Rundfunksprecher
Topics: Love, Service & Love of Neighbour, Relationships & Family
Occasions: For Reflection
Derick Bingham
Derick Bingham (1946–2010) war ein nordirischer Lehrpastor, Autor und Literaturdozent aus der Tradition der evangelikalen Brüderbewegung. Bekannt wurde er während des Nordirlandkonflikts durch seine überkonfessionelle wöchentliche Bibelklasse in Belfast sowie durch Rundfunkbeiträge und Biografien über christliche Persönlichkeiten. Für heutige Bibelleser stehen seine Schriften für eine literarisch geprägte Schriftauslegung, die seelsorgerliche Ermutigung und den biblischen Umgang mit Leid in den Mittelpunkt stellt.
All quotes by Derick Bingham (8)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard