In a letter written from prison, Paul requested Timothy to bring him “the books” (2 Tim. 4:13). Charles Spurgeon, the nineteenth-century “prince of preachers,” expressed amazement at such a request from Paul: “He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has been preaching at least for thirty years, and yet he wants books! He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He had had a wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things which it was unlawful for a men to utter, yet he wants books! He had written the major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books! Spurgeon then reminds us, “He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves he has no brains of his own.”

— Bob Kauflin (b. 1955), Musiker, Lobpreisleiter, Pastor und Buchautor

Related Bible passage: 2TI.4.13

Topics: Wisdom & Understanding, The Bible & the Word of God

Bob Kauflin

Bob Kauflin (* 1955) ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor, Musiker und Autor, der ab 1997 als Leiter von Sovereign Grace Music die musikalische Ausrichtung des Gemeindeverbandes Sovereign Grace Ministries prägte. Er steht für die Verbindung reformierter Theologie mit zeitgenössischem Lobpreis und schuf weitverbreitete Lieder sowie Standardwerke über einen theozentrischen Gottesdienst. Für Bibelleser verbindet sein Werk theologische Tiefe mit moderner Gesangspraxis, während seine langjährige Leitungsverantwortung in dem wegen des Umgangs mit Missbrauchsvorwürfen kritisierten Verband umstritten bleibt.

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