It becomes meaningless, and unbearable in its meaninglessness, if we do not know the God who created us and are no longer trustingly devoted to him.
— Benedikt Peters (b. 1950), Bibellehrer, Hebraist/Gräzist, Dozent und theologischer Autor
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Faith & Trust
Occasions: For Reflection
Benedikt Peters
Benedikt Peters ist ein schwedisch-schweizerischer Bibellehrer, Hebraist und Autor im konservativ-evangelikalen und freikirchlichen Raum. Seine Veröffentlichungen zeichnen sich durch eine historisch-grammatische Schriftauslegung aus und grenzen sich entschieden von historisch-kritischen sowie pfingstlich-charismatischen Strömungen ab. Für heutige Bibelleser bietet er fundierte Auslegungen zu biblischen Büchern, die altsprachliche Texttreue mit leicht verständlicher Erklärung verbinden.
All quotes by Benedikt Peters (39)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson