God’s ways will frequently baffle us but God’s will is sufficiently clear to lead us in the meantime. God’s ways may not be clear but our way is – at least enough of it to know what obedience requires. We may wait for God’s providence but we already have God’s law, and that is all we need for the moment.

— Dale Ralph Davis (b. 1944), Alttestamentler, Pastor und Autor

Topics: Guidance & God's Will, Faith & Trust, Discipleship

Occasions: For Reflection

Dale Ralph Davis

Dale Ralph Davis (* 1944) ist ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Alttestamentler, Pastor und Autor, der unter anderem am Reformed Theological Seminary lehrte. Er steht für eine theozentrische Auslegung der alttestamentlichen Geschichtsbücher, die hebräische Erzähltexte in ihrer eigenen Botschaft ernst nimmt, statt sie vorschnell typologisch zu überformen. Bibellesern hilft er bis heute, komplexe historische Texte des Alten Testaments verständlich zu erschließen und Gottes Handeln im Alltag zu erkennen.

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