Unless the Son of God died in our place, taking the punishment we deserve for our sins, we will not be saved, and we will not be citizens of His kingdom. Our guilt is too deep. If that is true, then we cannot soften the edges of the gospel message. We cannot move the penal, substitutionary death of Jesus to the side, we cannot replace it with any other truth, and we cannot reimagine it as something less offensive (and ultimately less wonderful!) than it really is. If we do, then we will present the world with something that is not saving, and that is therefore not good news at all.
— Greg Gilbert (b. 1977), Pastor, Buchautor, Sprecher
Topics: Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Freedom & Truth
Occasions: For Reflection
Greg Gilbert
Greg Gilbert (* 1977) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformiert-baptistischer Pastor und Buchautor, der seit 2010 die Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville (Kentucky) leitet. Bekannt wurde er durch Schriften wie „Was ist das Evangelium?“, in denen er ein reformatorisches Heilsverständnis vertritt und den Auftrag der Kirche primär auf Evangelisation und Jüngerschaft statt auf gesellschaftliche Transformation festlegt. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Werke eine systematische Auslegung biblischer Grundbegriffe, die wegen ihrer strikt calvinistischen Zuspitzung und Abgrenzung zu weiter gefassten Missionsverständnissen auch kontrovers diskutiert wird.
All quotes by Greg Gilbert (5)
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