Some days, everything's different. Friday was one of those days. In the morning we still had days on the pulse mbs, the afternoon was Prof. Paul Gundani, church historian at the University of South Africa (Unisa) invited to a lecture - and at the same time had guests from the fashionable Johanneum. Kathy mountain had for the latter Weissenborn Thomas asked to welcome the guests and tell them something about the mbs. Suddenly
Thomas came into the lecture by Prof. Gundani and took me out, surprisingly. Among the guests from the Johanneum Klaus Vollmer was with his wife Kristin, of them had I for many years since my student days more or less intensive contact.
The short Kotankt I was very moved. What do I owe this warrior of the Lord? In the midst of the upheavals of the 70 years he has fought for many of my generation a breach of the simple faith in Jesus. Appearing to the outdated belief as scientific, hate it encourages us to believe as a thinker. As he gave us the crucified Christ, painted in his sermons before his eyes? How he saved us from false intellectual compromises and encourages the intellectual battle. We have the other do not leave the field. One
rates, influenced me was the sentence: Just avoid any argument! If it Jesus comes to matter, the record still holds today. Certainly, not all battles in which we are entangled, for Jesus. Much has been our pride, but we were too young. And sometimes a bit arrogant. But we experienced a great time in the smd in Marburg, a WG was opened in William Street ....
Klaus Vollmer I owe the love of commitment to Jesus, asking for no pay and no thanks. He taught us the faithfulness in the small. Whoever is faithful in small ... and I've seen since then, as God blesses work. Never it is about us, it's always about the job - and to Jesus.
And from him I have experienced and learned humility. What could Klaus Vollmer beat about the bush, but he was also modest, I thought. When everyone wanted to be famous somehow, the press and TV were important, he has always refused. The corrupting power of the press, too! I was always so fond of the humble, who had more in stock than in the shop window and would therefore be true to their service for Jesus. Therefore, I like all deaconesses.
Now he has become really old. If he once entered a room, the air seemed to vibrate - and he proclaimed Jesus as Christ crucified. His only issue. And he would have liked us all sent to the mission. And he encouraged us to celibacy. Also I have long considered both. But then saw my guide is different.
Now I was moved, an important man in my story to meet.
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