No one is authorized to call illness or other suffering punishment for wrongdoing committed.

Erich Bonsels (1912–1984), Evangelist, Reisesprecher und Traktatautor

Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Illness & Weakness

Occasions: Comfort

Erich Bonsels

Erich Bonsels (1912–1984) war ein deutscher Evangelist, Reisesprecher und Autor aus den Reihen der geschlossenen Brüdergemeinden, der vor allem im Rheinland und in Hessen wirkte. Bekannt wurde er als Gründer der Schriftenmission „Verbreitung der Heiligen Schrift“, durch seine Vortrags- und Gefängnisarbeit sowie durch zahlreiche Glaubenstraktate und Bibelauslegungen. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine seelsorgerlichen Impulse und Schrifterklärungen zu Themen wie persönlicher Glaube, Gnade und Trost im Leiden.

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