The word [patience] never means the spirit which sits with folded hands and simply bears things. It is victorious endurance (and) constancy under trial. It is Christian steadfastness, the brave and courageous acceptance of everything life can do to us, and the transmuting of even the worst into another step on the upward way. It is the courageous and triumphant ability to bear things, which enables a man to pass breaking point and not to break, and always to greet the unseen with a cheer.
— William Barclay (1907–1978), Bibelkommentator
Topics: Patience & Waiting, Courage & Strength, Discipleship
Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection
William Barclay
William Barclay (1907–1978) war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer und Professor für biblische Kritik an der University of Glasgow. Weithin bekannt wurde er durch seine Kommentarreihe *The Daily Study Bible*, stieß jedoch bei konservativ-evangelikalen Theologen wegen seiner universalistischen Heilslehre und rationaler Deutungen von Wunderberichten auf Kritik. Für heutige Bibelleser bietet sein Werk einen anschaulichen und leicht verständlichen Zugang zur griechischen Begriffsgeschichte sowie zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments.
All quotes by William Barclay (12)
Those who wait on God lose nothing by waiting.
Corrie ten Boom
Thomas à Kempis
Patience! patience! you are always in a hurry, but God is not.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Tim Keller
Tim Keller
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi