God wants to use the difficulties in your life not to punish you or to hurt you, but to draw you to himself.

— Nancy Guthrie (b. 1958), Bibellehrerin, Autorin

Source: Holding On to Hope, Kap. „Intimacy“

Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Love

Nancy Guthrie

Nancy Guthrie ist eine US-amerikanische Autorin und Bibellehrerin, die im reformiert-evangelikalen Umfeld sowie im Netzwerk The Gospel Coalition wirkt. Sie steht für eine ganzheitliche, auf Christus ausgerichtete Heilsgeschichte und setzt sich für theologische Schulungen von Frauen sowie seelsorgerliche Angebote für Trauernde ein. Bibellesern bietet sie einen Zugang zur biblischen Theologie, der exegetische Genauigkeit mit der praktischen Auseinandersetzung mit persönlichem Leid verbindet.

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