If I know what a terribly condemned person I was without forgiveness of sins, and know what an overwhelmingly blessed person I am through the forgiveness of sins, then I cannot watch other people running toward hell without warning them.

— Ludwig Harms (1808–1865), Pastor und Missionsgründer

Topics: Witness & Mission, Guilt & Forgiveness

Ludwig Harms

Ludwig Harms war ein deutscher lutherischer Erweckungsprediger und Pastor des 19. Jahrhunderts, der in Hermannsburg in der Lüneburger Heide wirkte. Er wurde als Gründer der Hermannsburger Mission bekannt, deren Verbindung von Glaubensverbreitung mit handwerklicher Kolonisation sowie seine strikte Kirchenzucht kirchengeschichtlich auch kritisch gesehen werden. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet sein Werk als Beispiel für eine volksnahe Schriftauslegung und den Aufruf zu verbindlicher praktischer Nachfolge.

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