Most of us have never really understood that Christianity is not a self-help religion meant to enable moral people to become more moral. We don’t need a self-help book; we need a Savior. We don’t need to get our collective act together; we need death and resurrection and the life-transforming truths of the gospel. And we don’t need them just once, at the beginning of our Christian life; we need them every moment of every day.
— Elyse Fitzpatrick (b. 1950), Buchautorin, Referentin, biblische Seelsorgerin
Topics: Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Meaning & Identity
Occasions: For Reflection
Elyse Fitzpatrick
Die US-amerikanische Buchautorin, Referentin und biblische Seelsorgerin Elyse Fitzpatrick (* 1950) wirkt seit den 1990er-Jahren im evangelikal-reformierten Raum. Bekannt wurde sie durch Veröffentlichungen zu Erziehung und Lebensführung, in denen sie die Gnade Gottes gegen moralistische Leistungsansprüche betont, was in konservativen Kreisen zu Kontroversen über Antinomismus und traditionelle Geschlechterrollen führte. Für Bibelleser verdeutlicht ihr Ansatz, wie biblische Texte zu Schuld, Gnade und Gehorsam konsequent von der reformatorischen Rechtfertigungslehre her verstanden werden können.
All quotes by Elyse Fitzpatrick (4)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller