Prison walls, tangible or intangible, may shut me in; but if the treasures of God's Word and the teachings of the Holy Spirit are mine, I walk in a spacious room.

— Alexander Smellie (1857–1923), Pastor, Autor

Topics: Freedom & Truth, The Bible & the Word of God

Alexander Smellie

Alexander Smellie war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer, Autor und Herausgeber, der um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert in Schottland und London wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch kirchengeschichtliche Werke wie „Men of the Covenant“ sowie durch Andachtsbücher, die reformierte Theologie mit Impulsen der evangelikalen Erweckungsbewegung verbanden. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet sein Werk als seelsorgliche Erbauungsliteratur, die theologische Tiefe mit einer praxisnahen, christuszentrierten Frömmigkeit verknüpft.

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