What a wonderful Savior we have. It wasn’t lovely people for whose sake He died; it was for ungodly people, for His enemies. It was for law breakers that He suffered. He loved us, says (the Apostle) Paul, in spite of how unlovely we were. Just as He loved us, Paul insists we are to love one another.
— Jay Adams (1929–2020), Theologe, Buchautor und Begründer der biblischen/nouthetischen Seelsorge
Related Bible passage: ROM.5.8
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Love
Occasions: Encouragement
Jay Adams
Jay Adams (1929–2020) war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianisch-reformierter Theologe, Pastor und Autor. Er begründete die nouthetische Seelsorge, die säkulare Psychologie strikt ablehnt und seelische Probleme primär auf sündiges Fehlverhalten zurückführt, das biblischer Zurechtweisung bedarf. Während sein Ansatz in konservativ-evangelikalen Kreisen als Rückbesinnung auf die Bibel geschätzt wird, kritisieren Fachleute und Seelsorger den oft konfrontativen Stil sowie die Vernachlässigung psychischer und organischer Krankheitsursachen.
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