In our generation we have increasingly suffered from spiritual lethargy and powerlessness. There is a high percentage of weak and lukewarm Christians in western churches who evidence little interest in growing in grace and knowledge. The church may be bustling with activity and at the same time be infiltrated and permeated with the world’s thinking and doing. It is sometimes the case that our bright forms of worship camouflage a dead spiritual condition.

Erroll Hulse (1931–2017), Pastor, Herausgeber, Autor und Mitbegründer des Banner of Truth Trust

Topics: Church & Congregation, Growth & Character

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.

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