Measure not God’s love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.

Richard Sibbes (1577–1635), Prediger

Topics: Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Faith & Trust

Occasions: Encouragement, Comfort

Richard Sibbes

Richard Sibbes (1577–1635) war ein englischer Theologe der Church of England, der als Universitätsprediger in Cambridge und an der Juristenfakultät Gray’s Inn in London wirkte. Als gemäßigter Puritaner wurde er vor allem durch seelsorgliche Schriften wie „The Bruised Reed“ und seine Betonung der Barmherzigkeit Christi bekannt, geriet durch kirchenpolitische Initiativen jedoch zeitweise in Konflikt mit den kirchlichen Behörden. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Texte einen Einblick in eine Auslegungstradition, die theologische Tiefe mit praktischem Trost bei Glaubenszweifeln und inneren Anfechtungen verbindet.

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