It’s not the excellence of our offering that makes our worship acceptable but the excellence of Christ. We cannot worship the eternal Father apart from the eternal Son… Our worship is accepted not on the basis of what we have done, but on the basis of what Christ has done… [Therefore] if we [leaders] help people focus on what God did two thousand years ago rather than twenty minutes ago, they’ll consistently find their hearts ravished by His amazing love.
— Bob Kauflin (b. 1955), Musiker, Lobpreisleiter, Pastor und Buchautor
Topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grace & Redemption
Occasions: For Reflection
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.
All quotes by Bob Kauflin (20)
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 would not be able to seek you if you had not already found me.
Augustine of Hippo
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
God seeks you more than your offering.
Augustine of Hippo
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
Augustine of Hippo