God shakes things so that wise people can tell the temporal from the eternal, the scaffolding from the building, and then build on what is eternal and cannot be shaken.

— Warren Wiersbe (1929–2019), Pastor, Bibellehrer und Autor

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Wisdom & Understanding

Warren Wiersbe

Warren Wiersbe war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Bibellehrer und Autor, der unter anderem die Moody Church in Chicago leitete und als Rundfunkprediger wirkte. Er vertrat eine dispensationalistisch geprägte Schriftauslegung und wurde vor allem durch seine mehr als 150 Bücher, darunter die praxisnahe „BE“-Kommentarreihe, bekannt. Bibellesern bieten seine Auslegungen bis heute einen leicht verständlichen und seelsorgerlich orientierten Zugang zu den biblischen Texten.

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