God has guarded His Word so that only the pure in heart can see its secrets. All other efforts will fail.

— Winkie Pratney (b. 1944), Jugendevangelist, Erweckungsprediger, Autor und Mentor

Related Bible passage: MAT.5.8

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Humility & Pride

Winkie Pratney

Winkie Pratney (* 1944) ist ein neuseeländischer Jugendevangelist, Autor und Bibellehrer, der seit den 1960er-Jahren international in der Jesus-People-Bewegung sowie in Werken wie Jugend mit einer Mission wirkte. Bekannt für seinen Aufruf zu radikaler Jüngerschaft und Erweckung, löste er mit seiner an Charles Finney angelehnten „Moral Government Theology“ und der Ablehnung der traditionellen Erbsündenlehre anhaltende theologische Kritik im evangelikalen Spektrum aus. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Mahner zu persönlicher Lebensheiligung und Buße, dessen Aussagen zu freiem Willen und göttlicher Souveränität jedoch theologiegeschichtlich umstritten bleiben.

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