For Jesus, there is no better way to illustrate God’s free unmerited grace than pointing to a child. For unlike many adults, children are generally entirely unpretentious about receiving a gift. Moreover, “little ones,” that is, the least, regardless of age, are a repeated focus in Jesus’ teaching on discipleship (Mt. 18:5; Lk. 9:48). Indeed, God’s kingdom must be entered in a childlike spirit, a lesson that was yet to be learned by Jesus’ followers.

Andreas Kostenberger (b. 1957), Theologe, Neutestamentler und Buchautor

Topics: Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

Andreas Kostenberger

Andreas Köstenberger ist ein aus Österreich stammender evangelikaler Theologe und Neutestamentler, der seit den 1990er-Jahren an verschiedenen US-amerikanischen Ausbildungsstätten forscht und lehrt. Er steht für eine konservative Bibelexegese und ist besonders für seine Arbeiten zu den johanneischen Schriften, hermeneutische Lehrbücher sowie die theologische Verteidigung komplementaristischer Geschlechterrollen bekannt. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet er methodisch detaillierte Zugänge zum Neuen Testament, wobei seine traditionellen Positionen zu Ehe und kirchlicher Leitung anhaltend diskutiert werden.

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