No other religion has ever claimed that its historical founder is the one and only supreme deity. Nor has any other religion ever dared to suggest that the one true God loves us enough to die for us. This is the glory and the beauty of Christianity. Because God is just, there had to be a payment for sin. Because God is love, He was willing to make the payment in the Person of His own Son.
— Philip Graham Ryken (b. 1966), Theologe, Pastor & Präsident des Wheaton College
Topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grace & Redemption, Love
Occasions: For Reflection
Philip Graham Ryken
Philip Graham Ryken (* 1966) ist ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Theologe, ehemaliger leitender Pastor der Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia und seit 2010 Präsident des Wheaton College. Er steht für eine evangelikal-reformierte Theologie und verfasste zahlreiche Bibelkommentare sowie theologische Schriften zur Gnadenlehre und Kultur. Bibellesern dient er als systematischer und praxisnaher Schriftausleger, dessen Leitungswirken jedoch auch von Kontroversen um Bekenntnistreue und Kritik am Umgang mit Missbrauchsvorwürfen in seiner früheren Gemeinde begleitet wird.
All quotes by Philip Graham Ryken (37)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I would not be able to seek you if you had not already found me.
Augustine of Hippo
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
God seeks you more than your offering.
Augustine of Hippo
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
Augustine of Hippo