“Father” is the most significant name of the God of the Bible. It is the name that sets Christianity apart from all the other religions of the world. Other religions invite us to worship their gods, allahs, creators, or metaphysical forces, but Christianity invites us to believe in a Son and to enter into an intimate family relationship with a loving Father. Jesus, the Son of God, came so that we could meet His Father, be adopted into the family of God, and relate to the almighty God of the universe in an intimate, personal, concrete way as sons and daughters (2 Cor. 6:16, 18).
— Mary Kassian (b. 1960), Autorin, Referentin und Theologin
Related Bible passage: 2COR.6.18
Topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Meaning & Identity
Occasions: For Reflection
Mary Kassian
Mary Kassian (* 1960) ist eine kanadische evangelikale Autorin, theologische Referentin und Dozentin. Sie gilt als prominente Vertreterin des biblischen Komplementarismus und Mitinitiatorin der „True Woman“-Bewegung, wobei ihre Ablehnung feministischer Theologie und ihr Festhalten an traditionellen Geschlechterrollen von egalitären Theologen scharf kritisiert werden. Bibellesern vermittelt sie eine traditionsbewusste, praxisorientierte Auslegung zu Fragen von christlicher Lebensführung, Identität und Ehe.
All quotes by Mary Kassian (4)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I would not be able to seek you if you had not already found me.
Augustine of Hippo
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
God seeks you more than your offering.
Augustine of Hippo
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
Augustine of Hippo