Both anxiety and worry spring from natural and legitimate concerns that are part of life in this world. But legitimate concerns are handled wrongly when they do one or more of the following: 1. Become dominating concerns in our life and lead to fear. 2. Destroy our perspective on life and cause us to forget that God exists and cares. 3. Move us to drift into an attitude of constant worry and concern over a future we cannot control.

Lawrence Richards (1931–2016), Theologe und Autor

Topics: Fear & Anxiety, Faith & Trust

Occasions: For Reflection

Lawrence Richards

Lawrence Richards (1931–2016) war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe, Religionspädagoge und Autor, der unter anderem am Wheaton College lehrte. Bekannt wurde er durch zahlreiche biblische Nachschlagewerke sowie seinen Ansatz, christliche Erziehung als gelebte Jüngerschaft und Beziehungsgeschehen statt als reine Wissensvermittlung zu verstehen. Für Bibelleser heute bieten seine Wörterbücher und Studienhilfen leicht verständliche sowie anwendungsorientierte Zugänge zu biblischen Begriffen und Texten.

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