In the first years of George Mueller’s Christian life, he spent more time reading the works of men than the Scriptures. Up until the day of his conversion he could not even recall reading one chapter of the Book of books. However, in the ninety-second year of his life he told his biographer that for every page he had read in any other book he was sure that he had proportionately read ten pages of the Bible. During the last twenty years of his life he read through the Scripture four or five times annually. In studying Mueller’s life I have discovered that his devotion and delight in God’s Word was the secret to his faith and life of prayer.

— Bill Thrasher, Theologieprofessor und Autor

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Prayer & Silence, Faith & Trust

Bill Thrasher

Bill Thrasher ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe und Autor, der seit 1980 am Moody Theological Seminary in Chicago lehrt. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch seine Veröffentlichungen zu den Themen Gebet, Seelsorge und geistliche Reifung. Bibellesern vermitteln seine Schriften praxisnahe theologische Impulse, um das Gebet als vertrauensvolle Beziehung zu Gott im Alltag zu vertiefen.

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