It is a tragedy that the Christian religion is in many minds identified merely with pious ethical behavior and vague theistic beliefs, suffused with aesthetic emotionalism and a mild glow of humanitarian benevolence. This is not the faith which first awakened the world like a thousand trumpets and made people feel it bliss in such a dawn to be alive. Men knew what Christianity really was – the entrance into history of a force of immeasurable range.

— James S. Stewart (1896–1990), Professor für Neues Testament, Prediger und Autor

Topics: Faith & Trust, Church & Congregation, Hope & Confidence

Occasions: For Reflection

James S. Stewart

James S. Stewart war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer und Professor für Neues Testament an der Universität Edinburgh im 20. Jahrhundert. Er stand für eine streng christuszentrierte Predigtweise und betonte in seinen Schriften zur paulinischen Theologie vor allem die persönliche Glaubensverbundenheit mit Christus. Heutigen Bibellesern zeigt sein Werk eine Auslegungstradition, die wissenschaftliche Exegese mit seelsorgerlicher Praxis verbindet.

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