God, trying to tell us that our current popular version of Christianity – comfortable, humorous, superficial, entertaining, worldly-wise is exposed (by the lack of power to transform lives) for the irreverent presentation of the Gospel of Christ that it really is. A preacher is commissioned to give the people not what they think they need. No man has any business walking into the pulpit to entertain. He is there [instead] to present Calvary in all its fullness of hope and glory.
— Alan Redpath (1907–1989), Pastor, Prediger und Buchautor
Topics: Church & Congregation, Witness & Mission
Alan Redpath
Alan Redpath (1907–1989) war ein britischer evangelikaler Pastor und Autor, der unter anderem die Moody Church in Chicago sowie Gemeinden in London und Edinburgh leitete. Geprägt von der Keswick-Bewegung, stand er für eine fortlaufende Schriftauslegung, die persönliche Heiligung, Gebet und die Abhängigkeit vom Heiligen Geist betonte. Für Bibelleser heute veranschaulichen seine Auslegungen und Zitate das geistliche Leben als lebenslangen Reifungsprozess praktischer Hingabe und Bewährung im Leiden.
All quotes by Alan Redpath (34)
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
The Church is not a cultural club, but the family of Jesus.
Pope Francis
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
John Charles Ryle
In essential unity; in nonessentials liberty; in all this charity.
Rupertus Meldenius
Henry Ward Beecher
Philip Yancey
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In a congregation, every person must be able to be as their heart truly is.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf