We meet God the Creator as a worker in Genesis 1:1 – 2:2… The image of God in man means man is to be a worker. The way we work will reveal how much we have allowed the image of God to develop in us.

— Kent Hughes (b. 1942), Geistlicher, Theologe und Buchautor

Related Bible passage: GEN.1.1

Topics: Work & Vocation, Meaning & Identity

Kent Hughes

Richard Kent Hughes (* 1942) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformiert-evangelikaler Geistlicher und Theologe, der fast drei Jahrzehnte lang die College Church in Wheaton leitete und Praktische Theologie lehrte. Er begründete den Charles Simeon Trust mit und profilierte sich als Herausgeber der Auslegungsreihe „Preaching the Word“ sowie durch Schriften zur geistlichen Jüngerschaft wie „Disciplines of a Godly Man“. Bibellesern vermittelt er schriftzentrierte Auslegungen und praxisnahe Impulse zur Lebensführung, wenngleich Kritiker seinen Frömmigkeitsidealen bisweilen eine stark moralisierende Prägung vorhalten.

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