When we confess that the church is apostolic, we are confessing that the churches to which we belong today stand in direct continuity to the church we see in the book of Acts. It is not the formal structure of the church that endures, nor do we need to trace an unbroken line of popes from Peter down to the present day. But it does mean that the Gospel Jesus gave to His apostles is the same Gospel we preach today.
— Kim Riddlebarger (b. 1954), Pastor, Theologe, Autor, Dozent
Topics: Church & Congregation, The Bible & the Word of God
Occasions: For Reflection
Kim Riddlebarger
Kim Riddlebarger (* 1954) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Theologe, Autor und langjähriger Pastor der Christ Reformed Church im kalifornischen Anaheim. Bekanntheit erlangte er als Co-Moderator des Radioprogramms „The White Horse Inn“ sowie als profilierter Verteidiger des Amillennialismus in den eschatologischen Debatten des US-amerikanischen Evangelikalismus. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Veröffentlichungen einen bekenntnistreuen und systematischen Zugang zur biblischen Endzeitprophetie und Bundestheologie.
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The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
The Church is not a cultural club, but the family of Jesus.
Pope Francis
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
John Charles Ryle
In essential unity; in nonessentials liberty; in all this charity.
Rupertus Meldenius
Henry Ward Beecher
Philip Yancey
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In a congregation, every person must be able to be as their heart truly is.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf