The believer’s identity is one of the greatest revelations of the scriptures as it reveals God’s purpose and intent from the beginning of time, to bring us into complete union with Him, in His substitutionary sacrifice.
— Abel Damina (b. 1960), Pastor, Televangelist und Autor
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Grace & Redemption, The Bible & the Word of God
Occasions: For Reflection
Abel Damina
Abel Hankuri Damina (* 1960) ist ein nigerianischer Pastor, Televangelist und Gründer der Freikirche Power City International in Uyo. Er vertritt eine christozentrische Gnadentheologie und löste in der afrikanischen Pfingstbewegung heftige Kontroversen aus, indem er den verpflichtenden Zehnten, traditionelle Höllenvorstellungen sowie das von ihm früher selbst gelehrte Wohlstandsevangelium öffentlich verwarf. Für Bibelleser bietet er pointierte, auf das Erlösungswerk Christi ausgerichtete Textauslegungen, bleibt jedoch wegen seiner radikalen Kritik an kirchlichen Traditionen und Dogmen stark umstritten.
All quotes by Abel Damina (10)
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 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