God has a different plan for each of us. That means each of us must also be different. But that means we must see and accept our differences in God's love for one another.
— Jürg Birnstiel (b. 1956), Pastor und Prediger
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Relationships & Family
Occasions: For Reflection
Jürg Birnstiel
Jürg Birnstiel ist ein Schweizer evangelisch-freikirchlicher Pastor, der über drei Jahrzehnte eine Gemeinde in Zürich leitete und seit 2024 in der Viva Kirche Limmattal tätig ist. Er steht für eine alltagsnahe, seelsorgerlich ausgerichtete bibeltreue Verkündigung und begründete unter anderem eine Initiative für christliche Single-Arbeit. Bibellesern bietet sein öffentlich zugängliches digitales Predigtarchiv leicht verständliche Auslegungen und thematische Impulse zu zahlreichen Bibeltexten.
All quotes by Jürg Birnstiel (13)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson