I've talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don't really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don't need a solution. They need a new direction.
— Andy Stanley (b. 1958), Pastor, Autor, Redner, Gründer von North Point Ministries
Source: The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Discipleship, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
Andy Stanley
Andy Stanley (* 1958) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Buchautor und Gründer des Gemeindeverbunds North Point Ministries im Großraum Atlanta. Er steht für eine gezielt auf kirchenferne Menschen ausgerichtete Gemeindepraxis sowie für thematisch zugängliche Vermittlung von christlicher Ethik und Leiterschaft. Während seine lebensnahen Auslegungen weithin genutzt werden, stieß sein Vorschlag, den christlichen Glauben vom Alten Testament abzukoppeln, in konservativ-evangelikalen Kreisen auf scharfe theologische Kritik.
All quotes by Andy Stanley (51)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson