In the Puritan tradition George Whitefield wonderfully exemplified in his preaching a stable understanding of divine sovereignty and human responsibility. He used to place lost sinners in a vice. He pressed home the necessity of repentance. But the lost sinner is a slave. He cannot repent. Yet to be saved he must repent. He cannot. He must. His only recourse is to look away from himself to the one who can save. His escape route is cut off. There is no help in himself. His only hope is to call on God for mercy. And a God of mercy will never cast out those who come to Him in faith.
— Erroll Hulse (1931–2017), Pastor, Herausgeber, Autor und Mitbegründer des Banner of Truth Trust
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Guilt & Forgiveness, Faith & Trust
Occasions: For Reflection
Erroll Hulse
Erroll Hulse (1931–2017) war ein südafrikanisch-britischer reformiert-baptistischer Pastor, Autor und Verleger, der überwiegend in England sowie im südlichen Afrika wirkte. Als früher Geschäftsführer des Verlags Banner of Truth Trust und langjähriger Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Reformation Today prägte er die weltweite Wiederentdeckung puritanischer und reformatorischer Theologie. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Schriften eine Verbindung von reformierter Gnadenlehre mit weltweiter Evangelisation und praktischer Gemeindefrömmigkeit.
All quotes by Erroll Hulse (18)
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