Love is never passive. It is the very nature of love to give the best and not hold back. And the gift is unique, the only begotten. The greater the object of love, the more costly the gift. Any old thing is not good enough. That would not be love.
— D. Stuart Briscoe (1930–2022), Pastor, Autor, Konferenzsprecher
Related Bible passage: JHN.3.16
Topics: Love, Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: For Reflection
D. Stuart Briscoe
D. Stuart Briscoe (1930–2022) war ein britisch-US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor und Autor, der drei Jahrzehnte lang die Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin leitete. Er stand für eine praxisnahe, christuszentrierte Schriftauslegung und vermittelte biblische Lehre mit britischem Humor und starkem Alltagsbezug. Für Bibelleser heute verbinden seine Texte theologische Kernaussagen mit handfesten Impulsen für die persönliche Nachfolge.
All quotes by D. Stuart Briscoe (13)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard