What a breathtaking picture. For Christ to be the head of the church is for Christ to give everything He has for the good of the church. Christ takes responsibility for the beauty of His bride, ready to lay aside His rights and willing to lay down His life for the sake of her splendor. So this is who God has designed a husband to be: a man who gives everything he has for the good of his wife. A man who takes responsibility for the beauty of his bride, ready to lay aside his rights and willing to lay down his life for the sake of her splendor. God has designed a husband to be the head of his wife like this so that in a husband’s love for his wife, the world might see a picture of Christ’s love for His people.
— David Platt (b. 1978), Pastor und Autor
Topics: Relationships & Family, Love, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: Wedding & Marriage
David Platt
David Platt (* 1978) ist ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Theologe, Pastor und Autor, der die McLean Bible Church leitet und zuvor Präsident des International Mission Board war. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch sein Buch „Radical“, in dem er für weltweite Mission eintritt und ein bequemes, materialistisches Wohlstandschristentum scharf kritisiert. Während er in den USA durch innergemeindliche Konflikte und politische Polarisierung in die Kritik geriet, fordert er Bibelleser heute zu einer schriftorientierten, opferbereiten Nachfolge Jesu heraus.
All quotes by David Platt (63)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King Jr.
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Our sexuality is not our soul, marriage is not heaven, and singleness is not hell.
Jackie Hill Perry
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.