How are we to use recreations?…four special rules: Rule 1. We are to make choice of recreations that are of least offense and of best report. Rule 2. Our recreations must be profitable to ourselves and others, and they must tend also to the glory of God. Rule 3. The end of our recreation must be to refresh our bodies and minds. Rule 4. Recreation must be moderate and sparing, even as the use of meat and drink and rest.
— William Perkins (1558–1602), Theologe
Topics: Ethical Questions, Growth & Character, Time & Transience
Occasions: For Reflection
William Perkins
William Perkins war ein englischer Geistlicher und Theologe in Cambridge, der als einflussreicher Wegbereiter des elisabethanischen Puritanismus wirkte. Er prägte die reformierte Erwählungs- und Predigtlehre maßgeblich, löste mit seiner strikten doppelten Prädestination theologische Kontroversen aus und befürwortete zudem die Verfolgung von Hexen. Für heutige Bibelleser steht sein Werk exemplarisch für den Versuch, dogmatische Systematik eng mit seelsorglicher Gewissensprüfung und praktischer Lebensführung zu verbinden.
All quotes by William Perkins (6)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right: when you have done so, the rest lies with God.
C.S. Lewis
The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Mother Teresa
My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
Martin Luther King Jr.
There are no ordinary people; every neighbor carries eternal significance.
C.S. Lewis
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Desmond Tutu