It is…tempting to appoint someone who is theologically brilliant and agrees with the doctrinal position of the church. But we need to remember that Paul especially stresses character qualifications for elders (1 Tim. 3:1-7; Tit. 1:5-9). We need elders who are theologically faithful and who live out the gospel in their everyday lives. We must not sacrifice the latter simply because the former is present, for the words of elders must accord with a godly life.
— Thomas Schreiner (b. 1954), Theologe und Neutestamentler
Related Bible passage: 1TI.3.1-7
Topics: Church & Congregation, Growth & Character, Discipleship
Occasions: For Reflection
Thomas Schreiner
Thomas Schreiner (* 1954) ist ein US-amerikanischer Theologe und lehrt seit 1997 als Professor für neutestamentliche Exegese am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. Er vertritt eine reformiert-baptistische Theologie, verteidigt das traditionelle Rechtfertigungsverständnis gegenüber der Neuen Paulusperspektive und befürwortet komplementäre Geschlechterrollen in Gemeinde und Ehe. Bibellesern dienen seine Kommentare und Studien als sprachlich präzise, am griechischen Grundtext orientierte Auslegungen des Neuen Testaments.
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The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
The Church is not a cultural club, but the family of Jesus.
Pope Francis
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
John Charles Ryle
In essential unity; in nonessentials liberty; in all this charity.
Rupertus Meldenius
Henry Ward Beecher
Philip Yancey
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In a congregation, every person must be able to be as their heart truly is.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf