You must have noticed that Scripture links faith, hope and love, and groups them together again and again. Hope is the middle term between faith and love. Hope keeps faith from collapsing under the burden of disappointment and delay. Hope keeps love from dissolving under the acids of frustration. Hope fortifies love and lends it resilience. Hope stiffens faith and forestalls collapse.

— Victor Shepherd (b. 1944), Theologe, Professor für Systematische und Historische Theologie und Autor

Related Bible passage: 1COR.13.13

Topics: Hope & Confidence, Faith & Trust, Love

Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection

Victor Shepherd

Victor Shepherd (* 1944) ist ein kanadischer Theologe, presbyterianischer Pfarrer und langjähriger Professor für Systematische und Historische Theologie in Toronto. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Arbeiten zur Theologie der Reformation und John Wesleys, in denen er historische Dogmatik mit existenzieller Glaubenspraxis verbindet. Für Bibellesende bietet sein Werk seelsorglich orientierte Zugänge zu reformatorischen Kernthemen wie Gnade, Rechtfertigung und Leiden.

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