This is what believing means: taking God as present.

— Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805–1880), Pfarrer, Erweckungsprediger

Johann Christoph Blumhardt

Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805–1880) war ein deutscher evangelischer Pfarrer und Vertreter der Erweckungsbewegung, der in Möttlingen und Bad Boll wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch die Losung „Jesus ist Sieger!“ sowie Berichte über Krankenheilungen und Dämonenaustreibungen, die zu Lebzeiten kirchliche Kritik und Auflagen nach sich zogen. Für heutige Bibelleser steht er für eine praktische Seelsorge und eine Hoffnung auf das Reich Gottes, die das Wirken Christi in der konkreten Lebenswirklichkeit verortet.

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