Beloved, have you ever thought that someday you will not have anything to try you, or anyone to vex you again? There will be no opportunity in heaven to learn or to show the spirit of patience, forbearance, and longsuffering. If you are to practice these things, it must be now.

— A. B. Simpson (1843–1919), Prediger

Topics: Patience & Waiting, Growth & Character

Occasions: For Reflection

A. B. Simpson

Albert Benjamin Simpson war ein kanadisch-US-amerikanischer Pastor und Evangelist der Heiligungsbewegung, der Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts vor allem in New York City wirkte. Er gründete die Christian and Missionary Alliance, formulierte das Konzept des „Vierfachen Evangeliums“ und rief mit seiner Lehre zur göttlichen Heilung zeitgenössische theologische Kontroversen hervor. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch geistliche Lieder und Andachtstexte, die eine christuszentrierte Spiritualität sowie missionarische Hingabe betonen.

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