It is clear that there must be difficulties for us in a revelation such as the Bible. If someone were to hand me a book that was as simple to me as the multiplication table, and say, “This is the Word of God. In it He has revealed His whole will and wisdom,” I would shake my head and say, “I cannot believe it; that is too easy to be a perfect revelation of infinite wisdom.” There must be, in any complete revelation of God’s mind and will and character and being, things hard for the beginner to understand; and the wisest and best of us are but beginners.

— R. A. Torrey (1856–1928), Evangelist

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

R. A. Torrey

Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928) war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, weltweiter Evangelist und Leiter von Ausbildungsstätten in Chicago und Los Angeles. Als Mitherausgeber der Aufsatzreihe „The Fundamentals“ und Verfechter einer gesonderten Geistestaufe zum Dienst prägte er den frühen Fundamentalismus im Streit gegen die theologische Moderne. Für Bibelleser heute bieten seine Werke praktische Anregungen zu Gebet, persönlicher Hingabe und methodischem Bibelstudium.

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