It is this lack of love among Christians which today makes the church an insipid, lukewarm institution. People come to find affection and are turned off by our tepidity.

— Phillip Keller (1920–1997), Autor

Phillip Keller

W. Phillip Keller (1920–1997) war ein kanadischer Agrarwissenschaftler, Schäfer und evangelikaler Autor. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch Schriften wie „Psalm 23 – Aus der Sicht eines Hirten“, in denen er biblische Bildwelten anhand seiner praktischen Erfahrungen in der Tierhaltung erklärte. Für Bibelleser heute bieten seine Texte anschauliche seelsorgerliche Zugänge zu biblischen Metaphern, auch wenn sie populäre Laienliteratur und keine wissenschaftliche Exegese darstellen.

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