The reason some of us don't understand more of the Bible is that we haven't been living according to the light God has already given us. If you want to understand that part of the Bible you don't understand, start obeying the part you do understand, and then you will understand what you didn't understand.

— Adrian Rogers (1931–2005), Pastor

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Discipleship, Wisdom & Understanding

Adrian Rogers

Adrian Rogers (1931–2005) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor, Buchautor und langjähriger Leiter der Bellevue Baptist Church in Tennessee. Als führende Gestalt der konservativen Erneuerung in der Southern Baptist Convention stand er für die strikte Irrtumslosigkeit der Bibel, stieß mit seinem kirchenpolitischen Kurs und gesellschaftspolitischen Positionen jedoch auch auf deutliche Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch pointierte, praxisnahe Predigten und Auslegungen, die über sein Medienwerk weltweit verbreitet werden.

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