The American brand of cultural Christianity results from well-intending adults handing out the candy of cheap grace to five-year-olds and twenty-five-year-olds alike. You ask them if they want to be with mommy and daddy in heaven or pressure them into walking an aisle. The point is, you play on their fears, emotions, or appetites to get quick, unconsidered professions of faith. Then you immediately affirm those professions.
— Jonathan Leeman (b. 1973), Theologe, Buchautor, Präsident von 9Marks und Ältester
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Church & Congregation
Occasions: For Reflection
Jonathan Leeman
Jonathan Leeman (* 1973) ist ein US-amerikanischer Theologe, Buchautor und Präsident des evangelikalen Netzwerks 9Marks. Bekannt ist er für seine Arbeiten zur Ekklesiologie, in denen er verbindliche Gemeindemitgliedschaft, biblische Ältestenschaft und eine differenzierte politische Theologie vertritt. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Veröffentlichungen theologische Anstöße zum Verständnis der lokalen Kirchengemeinde und zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Autorität.
All quotes by Jonathan Leeman (31)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller