Perhaps you don’t drift the way that I do, but I constantly forget the deep hole of depravity from which the Lord’s mighty love rescued me. Drifting does not take any effort at all; just stop cultivating the knowledge of Christ, and the evil current of secularism does the rest. All passion for the lost seems increasingly a fading memory. Jesus weeping over Jerusalem, Paul willing to be cursed for the sake of his countrymen, those things become very remote to the point of being unreal.

J.R. Miller (1840–1912), Pastor, Autor

Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Faith & Trust, Time & Transience

Occasions: For Reflection

J.R. Miller

Hinter dem Eintrag steht der US-amerikanische presbyterianische Pastor und Herausgeber James Russell Miller (1840–1912), der vor allem in Philadelphia wirkte und in manchen Bibelmodulen fälschlich als „John“ geführt wird. Er erlangte durch zahlreiche Andachtsbücher weite Bekanntheit, in denen er eine praktische Frömmigkeit, Sanftmut und die seelsorgerliche Bewältigung von Lebenskrisen betonte. Für heutige Bibelleser bieten seine Texte leicht zugängliche Anregungen zur persönlichen Nachfolge Christi und zur gelebten Nächstenliebe im Alltag.

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