Our society has made idols out of power, strength, beauty, wealth, intelligence, and athletic ability. These are the things that people value. In our society a successful person is someone who has several of these things. An unsuccessful man is someone who has none of these assets. According to the Bible, this way of measuring worth and success is wrong. These are not the things that God values most. These are not the most important things in life.
— Wayne Mack (1935–2025), Autor, Dozent und Pionier der biblischen Seelsorgebewegung (Biblical Counseling)
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Money & Possessions, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
Wayne Mack
Der US-amerikanische reformierte Pastor, Theologe und Dozent Wayne Mack (1935–2025) wirkte in den USA sowie in Südafrika und gehörte zu den prägenden Gestalten der biblischen Seelsorgebewegung. Er wurde durch praxisorientierte Arbeitsbücher zu Ehe- und Lebensfragen bekannt, vertrat die alleinige Hinlänglichkeit der Schrift für seelische Nöte und stieß damit auf Kritik von Vertretern psychologisch integrativer Ansätze. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten seine Schriften systematische, an biblischen Texten ausgerichtete Leitfäden zur Konfliktbewältigung und Seelsorgepraxis.
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Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson