[Envy] looks like Joseph’s brothers and Potiphar’s wife plotting to destroy a righteous man; it looks like Haman trying to frame Mordecai; and it looks like the Pharisees seeking to kill Jesus… It looks like Jacob conniving to steal the birthright from Esau; it looks like Rachel begrudging Leah her children; it looks like Peter pointing at John and asking Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

— Carol Ruvolo (1946–2025), Autorin und Bibellehrerin

Carol Ruvolo

Carol Ruvolo (1946–2025) war eine US-amerikanische Autorin und Bibellehrerin, die im evangelikal-reformierten Umfeld wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte sie durch Studienleitfäden wie die Reihe „Light for Your Path“, die reformierte Theologie für Laien und Bibelgruppen erschließen. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln ihre Texte eine verständliche Schriftauslegung, die theologische Grundlagen mit praktischen Impulsen für das Glaubensleben verbindet.

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