Men are never manlier than when they are tender with their children – whether holding a baby in their arms, loving their grade-schooler, or hugging their teenager or adult children.

— Kent Hughes (b. 1942), Geistlicher, Theologe und Buchautor

Topics: Relationships & Family, Love

Occasions: For Reflection

Kent Hughes

Richard Kent Hughes (* 1942) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformiert-evangelikaler Geistlicher und Theologe, der fast drei Jahrzehnte lang die College Church in Wheaton leitete und Praktische Theologie lehrte. Er begründete den Charles Simeon Trust mit und profilierte sich als Herausgeber der Auslegungsreihe „Preaching the Word“ sowie durch Schriften zur geistlichen Jüngerschaft wie „Disciplines of a Godly Man“. Bibellesern vermittelt er schriftzentrierte Auslegungen und praxisnahe Impulse zur Lebensführung, wenngleich Kritiker seinen Frömmigkeitsidealen bisweilen eine stark moralisierende Prägung vorhalten.

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