As we grow spiritually, we learn the difference between the Spirit’s voice and the evil one’s voice. The Spirit never witnesses to your spirit in condemnation. He might give you a check sometimes: “Wait a minute. Wait a minute.” But not in condemnation. He might tell you you’re wrong sometimes. But not in condemnation. He rebukes, He corrects, He points out, but He never condemns. He wants to build you up, to undergird you, to increase your understanding of the life of God in you. He wants you to see how God already sees you. You are a saint, a holy one. You are blameless. You are beyond reproach.
— Dan Stone (1929–2005), Pastor, Buchautor und Bibellehrer
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Meaning & Identity
Occasions: Encouragement
Dan Stone
Dan Stone (1929–2005) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor, Hochschuladministrator und Bibellehrer. Er wurde vor allem als Verkündiger des „ausgetauschten Lebens“ (Exchanged Life) bekannt und lehrte, dass der christliche Glaube nicht auf Selbstanstrengung beruht, sondern auf dem Ruhen in der geistlichen Vereinigung mit Christus. Für heutige Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften eine theologische Ermutigung, biblische Aussagen über die Identität in Christus als Befreiung von religiösem Leistungsdruck zu verstehen.
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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