If my own righteousness is all that I am relying on, then I have no hope of finding favor in God’s sight. This is perhaps the hardest part of the Christian message to get across to people – the fact that we are not automatically headed for heaven. The truth is that our sin – not just the wrong things that we have done, but the very attitudes of our hearts – drives us away from God. That’s why the gospel has always been better received among the prostitutes and drug addicts and losers than among the rich and famous. These people don’t find it hard to believe that they have nothing to offer God.
— Iain Duguid (b. 1960), Alttestamentler, Theologieprofessor, Buchautor, presbyterianischer Pastor
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Humility & Pride, Guilt & Forgiveness
Occasions: For Reflection
Iain Duguid
Iain Duguid ist ein britisch-US-amerikanischer Theologieprofessor und presbyterianischer Pastor, der seit 2014 Altes Testament am Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia lehrt. Er steht für eine historisch-grammatische Schriftauslegung im Rahmen der reformierten Bundestheologie und verbindet wissenschaftliche Exegese mit gemeindlicher Praxis. Für Bibelleser erschließt er durch seine Kommentare insbesondere anspruchsvolle alttestamentliche Bücher und Prophetien in ihrer heilsgeschichtlichen Bedeutung für den christlichen Glauben.
All quotes by Iain Duguid (22)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller