God’s…promises are not simply random good intentions. Rather, God’s promises together point to and delineate a divine plan for history – a plan to rescue a people for the praise of His glory, and to effect that rescue, that salvation, through a judgment that God Himself would bear on our behalf. In other words, history is not cyclical, a “mere repetition” of archetypal patterns. Rather, history is heading somewhere. It’s linear. It’s developing and progressing toward an end that God has already prepared.

Michael Lawson (b. 1952), Anglikanischer Geistlicher, Psychotherapeut und christlicher Sachbuchautor

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Grace & Redemption, Time & Transience

Occasions: For Reflection

Michael Lawson

Michael Lawson (* 1952) ist ein britischer anglikanischer Geistlicher, Psychotherapeut und Sachbuchautor, der unter anderem als Erzdiakon von Hampstead und Vorsitzender des Church of England Evangelical Council wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch Veröffentlichungen, die biblisch-evangelikale Theologie mit psychotherapeutischen Erkenntnissen zu Themen wie Depression, Angst und zwischenmenschlichen Konflikten verbinden. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Texte lebensnahe Impulse für den Umgang mit psychischen Belastungen und Krisen aus einer seelsorglichen Perspektive.

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