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Thoughts on Children - Johann Christoph | Friedrich Blumhardt, 69 Pages
- It is sometimes said that each child is a thought in the mind of God. But even if we believe this, and approach the children entrusted to us with the reverence that such a belief ought to instill, we may often feel helpless— whether in the face of a two-year-old’s tantrum, or a teenager’s silence. In this little book, two fathers (themselves a father and son) share their thoughts on the essence of bringing up children. Both lived in Germany in an era when parents and teachers tended to be overly strict, and we live in a time when they tend to be very lenient. All the same, there is plenty in what they say that is timeless. Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) studied theology in Tuebingen and became a pastor. He longed to experience the reality of God, and this he did in a very concrete way when he dared to take up an intense two-year battle (1842-44) with the demonic powers that possessed a tormented girl in his congregation at Moettlingen. As in New Testament times, demons were driven out, and the girl was cured. And all over Germany, Moettlingen became known for the motto that expressed its inhabitants’ joy: “Jesus is victor.”In the following months, a movement of repentance and conversion spread far beyond his parish, and many other people were healed of physical illnesses. So many came to him that in 1852 he felt he had to leave Moettlingen, where he had worked with his wife for fourteen years (1838-1852), and move to the large and imposing spa at Bad Boll. As housefather there, he was able to continue his growing work of caring for the thousands that came to him, sick, wounded, and sin-laden souls. In 1920 A. Albers, a writer for a well-know publishing house, described the father Blumhardt’s life in these few telling words: The atmosphere in which this Swabian pastor lived with unwavering certainty was that of early Christianity and the expectation of the final breaking in of the Kingdom. This is where he drew his strength. In this atmosphere he fought a victorious battle with the demons of Gottliebin Dittus and served and helped the people in Moettlingen and Bad Boll who turned to him day and night. His life was one uninterrupted exercise of the powers of love. Here was a man who had a part in what God was doing, who was an instrument in His hands. Johann Christoph Blumhardt’s son Christoph Friedrich (1842-1919) was raised in this atmosphere of expectation and the reality of the presence of God. He too studied theology at Tuebingen, and then returned to Bad Boll in 1869 to help his father. In 1880 the elder Blumhardt died, and his son carried on his father’s pastorate with similar gifts. He followed so truly in his father’s footsteps that the witness the gave to Jesus and the Kingdom of God was one and the same. Christoph Friedrich saw that Christians were turning the Biblical expectation of God’s Kingdom on this earth into a waiting for their personal reward in Heaven. He took a sharp stand against this religious egoism and proclaimed God’s love for the whole world. He saw that healing for its own sake was another great danger threatening the true surrender to the will of God, and therefore he eventually gave up healing the sick. In a letter he wrote, “Do not look at yourselves and all your suffering. Look at the suffering of God, whose Kingdom has been held up for so long because of the lying spirit of men.” The atmosphere in the household at Bad Boll is described by a guest who visited in 1852, shortly after the father Blumhardt had moved there with his family
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| Kiểu tập tin | : PRC |
| Độ lớn tập tin | : 260KB |
| Đăng bởi | : Thanh Ngoc |
| Cập nhật | : 15.11.2011 |
| Số lượt xem | : 392 |
| Số lượt tải | : 12 |
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