The depressed don’t simply need to feel better. They need a Redeemer who says, “Take heart, my son, my daughter; what you really need has been supplied. Life no longer need be about your goodness, success, righteousness, or failure. I’ve given you something infinitely more valuable than good feelings: your sins are forgiven.”

Elyse Fitzpatrick (b. 1950), Buchautorin, Referentin, biblische Seelsorgerin

Topics: Illness & Weakness, Grace & Redemption, Guilt & Forgiveness

Occasions: Comfort

Elyse Fitzpatrick

Die US-amerikanische Buchautorin, Referentin und biblische Seelsorgerin Elyse Fitzpatrick (* 1950) wirkt seit den 1990er-Jahren im evangelikal-reformierten Raum. Bekannt wurde sie durch Veröffentlichungen zu Erziehung und Lebensführung, in denen sie die Gnade Gottes gegen moralistische Leistungsansprüche betont, was in konservativen Kreisen zu Kontroversen über Antinomismus und traditionelle Geschlechterrollen führte. Für Bibelleser verdeutlicht ihr Ansatz, wie biblische Texte zu Schuld, Gnade und Gehorsam konsequent von der reformatorischen Rechtfertigungslehre her verstanden werden können.

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