To have success means above all to fulfill the task God has entrusted to us - and in practice this looks a little different for everyone, but we all have the same goal: we fulfill our calling by serving God and our neighbors.

— John Graz (b. 1944), Theologe, Kirchenleiter und Diplomat für Religionsfreiheit

John Graz

Der schweizerisch-französische Theologe John Graz (* 1944) wirkte über Jahrzehnte als kirchlicher Diplomat und leitete von 1995 bis 2015 die Abteilung für öffentliche Angelegenheiten und Religionsfreiheit der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten. Er ist international bekannt für seinen Einsatz für eine universelle Gewissens- und Religionsfreiheit sowie als langjähriger Generalsekretär der International Religious Liberty Association. Für Bibelleser liefert er theologische und ethische Impulse zum Verhältnis von Kirche und Staat, zum Schutz religiöser Minderheiten und zur Überwindung von Intoleranz.

All quotes by John Graz (6)

More on this topic

God has not called us to success, only to faithfulness.
Mother Teresa

Jenny, God has made me for a purpose – for China; but He has also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure
Eric Liddell

The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees.
Brother Lawrence

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength… It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The bow cannot be always bent without fear of breaking. Repose is as needful to the mind as sleep to the body… Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

It may be that the Last Day will dawn tomorrow; if so, we will gladly lay down our work for a better future, but not before.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
Tim Keller

Our Lord's example is our example, not only on Calvary but in the workshop, on the road, in the crowd, amid interruptions, amid opposition, amid the lack of quiet and privacy, amid constant demands.
C.S. Lewis

All quotes · lumen.bible