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Helmut Thielicke quotes

Life: December 4, 1908 - March 5, 1986

Birthday: December 4

Death: March 5

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When the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone on the stage. All the great figures of history ... will realize that they have been but actors in a drama produced by another.

Topics: Jesus, Drama, Actors

quote jesus did not identify the person with his sin but rather saw in this sin something helmut thielicke Quotes

The Christian stands, not under the dictatorship of a legalistic 'you ought,' but in the magnetic field of Christian Freedom, under the empowering of the 'You may.'

source: - Helmut Thielicke (1966). “Theological Ethics: Foundations”

Topics: Christian, Empowering, May, Christian Freedom, Magnetic Fields

A church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters.

Topics: Laughter, Church, Way, Cabaret, Toastmasters

I don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely be a generous judge of theological reflection. Even an orthodox theologian can be spiritually dead, while perhaps a heretic crawls on forbidden bypaths to the sources of life.

source: - Helmut Thielicke (1962). “A Little Exercise for Young Theologians”, p.37, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Topics: Believe, Reflection, Ideas, Fussy, Sinful Life

Jesus did not identify the person with his sin, but rather saw in this sin something alien, something that really did not belong to him, something that merely chained and mastered him and from which he could free him and bring him back to his real self. Jesus was able to love men because he loved them right through the layer of mud.

source: - "Christ and the Meaning of Life".

Topics: Jesus, Real, Men, Jesus Love, Chained

The Gospel must be repeatedly forwarded to a new address because the recipient is repeatedly changing places of residence.

Topics: Religion, Addresses

It is also possible to say precisely why. Truth seduces us very easily into a kind of joy of possession: I have comprehended this and that, learned it, understood it. Knowledge is power. I am therefore more than the other man who does not know this and that. I have greater possibilities and also greater temptations. Anyone who deals with truth - as we theologians certainly do - succumbs all too easily to the psychology of the possessor. But love is the opposite of the will to possess. It is self-giving. It boasteth not itself, but humbleth itself.

Topics: Love Is, Men, Opposites, Self Giving

The gospel must be preached afresh and told in new ways to each generation, since every generation has its own unique questions. The gospel must constantly be forwarded to a new address, because the recipient is repeatedly changing his place of address.

source: - "How modern should theology be?".

Topics: Unique, Generations, Addresses, Interpreting, People Changing

The doubters are always more blessed than the mere fellow travelers in faith. For they are the only ones who fully learn that their Lord is stronger than any doubt and any hell of despair.

source: - Helmut Thielicke, John W. Doberstein (1966). “Life Can Begin Again: Sermons on the Sermon on the Mount”, p.65, James Clarke & Co.

Topics: Blessed, Doubt, Despair, Fellow Travelers

A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of dialogue with God.

source: - Helmut Thielicke (1962). “A Little Exercise for Young Theologians”, p.34, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Topics: Atmosphere, Breathe, Dialogue

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowmen and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

Topics: Valentines Day, Valentine, Suffering

What is the greatest deficiency among human Chrsitians? They have an inadequate view of human suffering.

Topics: Views, Suffering, Deficiency, Human Suffering

When God forgives us for hitting Him with a club we should manage to put up with the pin pricks we get from our fellows.

source: - Helmut Thielicke, John W. Doberstein (2016). “The Prayer that Spans the World: Sermons on the Lord’s Prayer”, p.71

Topics: Forgiving, Hitting, Clubs, God Forgives

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