The difference between grace and works is the difference between worship and idolatry. The man inebriated with the thought that all he has is Yahweh’s gift finds himself repeatedly on his knees, adoring, thanking, praising. But if we do not grasp grace we plummet into idolatry, for that is the inevitable corollary of self-sufficiency.
— Dale Ralph Davis (b. 1944), Alttestamentler, Pastor und Autor
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Joy & Gratitude, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
Dale Ralph Davis
Dale Ralph Davis (* 1944) ist ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Alttestamentler, Pastor und Autor, der unter anderem am Reformed Theological Seminary lehrte. Er steht für eine theozentrische Auslegung der alttestamentlichen Geschichtsbücher, die hebräische Erzähltexte in ihrer eigenen Botschaft ernst nimmt, statt sie vorschnell typologisch zu überformen. Bibellesern hilft er bis heute, komplexe historische Texte des Alten Testaments verständlich zu erschließen und Gottes Handeln im Alltag zu erkennen.
All quotes by Dale Ralph Davis (14)
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