If you are challenged by your friends it is for your benefit. If you are challenged by your enemy, it is for your destruction. Every person who kisses you is not your friend, and every person who rebukes is not your enemy.

— Hugh D. Smith (b. 1962), Geistlicher und Autor

Topics: Relationships & Family, Wisdom & Understanding

Occasions: For Reflection

Hugh D. Smith

Hugh Daniel Smith (* 1962) ist ein US-amerikanischer charismatischer Geistlicher, Autor und Gemeindegründer, der vor allem im Bundesstaat Michigan wirkt. Seine Veröffentlichungen und Vorträge verbinden charismatische Leiterschaftskonzepte und Vorstellungen von geistlicher Autorität mit Fragen der Charakterbildung und gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung. Für Bibelleser stehen seine Texte für den Versuch, theologische Prinzipien in lebensnahe Impulse für persönliche Integrität und den geistlichen Alltag zu übersetzen.

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