“According to Scripture, Solomon was in Gibeon making his usual sacrifices (1 Kgs. 3:4). While he was there, YHWH appeared to him… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“I am one man, but I am still a man. I sure can't do everything, but I can, at least, do something.… — Abiodun Fijabi Copy Share Image
“much of the Bible is not systematically evil but just plain weird, as you would expect of a chaotically cobbled-together anthology of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Many of us have moments of weakness when we feel as if our cravings have taken us captive or left us out… — Sheri Rose Shepherd Copy Share Image
“Among religious writings the Bible is unique in its attitude to its great men. Even many Christian biographies puff up the men… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“The overwhelming consensus is that the traditions contained within the epistle can confidently be traced to James the Just. That would make… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“Scripture breathes wisdom like we breathe oxygen. It can't not. Through Scripture, God reveals himself. This wisdom cannot be captured, let alone… — Margaret Feinberg Copy Share Image
What I love about the Bible is that it's a group of stories but it's all telling one main story. It's about… — Matt Diaz Copy Share Image
It’s all right,” she said. “You’re through.” “Jesus,” he finally managed, pushing water off his face. “Jesus Christ and John the Baptist.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Deeply ingrained in the Christian tradition, as in the Jewish and Muslim faiths, is the concept of a God who intervenes in… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
“A calling, on the other hand, when rooted deep in the soil of one’s soul, transcends roles. And I believe that my… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Archaeology in general is the recovery and study of the material culture of past civilizations. Biblical archaeology is as an application of… — Randall Price Copy Share Image
“Her total intellectual association was the Bible, except the talk of Samuel and her children, and to them she did not listen.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The second challenge is to make sure that, growing up in this culture, they have a healthy view of life and God… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
When God put everybody here, I don't think that he had a master plan of a pecking order. That's not what you… — Corey Feldman Copy Share Image
People always want to know how you know. And knowing in your heart is very hard to describe. I think so often,… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
“In Mark 11:25, Jesus said, “When you stand praying, forgive if ye have ought against anyone.” The word “ought” means any kind… — Kenneth E. Hagin Copy Share Image
“Oddly, I’ve never heard of a church or denomination that asked people to affirm a doctrinal statement like this: The purpose of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
...secular journalists... tend to accept uncritically the oft - repeated Evangelical Protestant and Conservative Roman Catholic definitions that the Bible is anti… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
A conflict arises when a religious community insists on the absolute truthfulness of all statements recorded in the Bible. This means an… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“No, the Bible stands all alone, by itself, and there is not one other book which could share its glory. It is… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
Woven into the warp and woof of the New Testament's exposition of what it means for us to be holy is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“Clarence Darrow," the New York Times proclaimed in its lead story, "bearded the lion of Fundamentalism today, faced William Jennings Bryan and… — Edward J. Larson Copy Share Image
“What that means, in a practical way, is that we strive to know and love a few people deeply. We don’t have… — Judson Edwards Copy Share Image
But to read all Scripture narratives as if they were eye-witness reports in a modern newspaper, and to ignore the poetic and… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“For many years I have regarded the Pentateuch simply as a record of a barbarous people, in which are found a great… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The Christian feels that the tooth of time gnaws all books but the Bible...19 centuries of experience have tested it. It has… — W. Sangster Copy Share Image
Whoever, therefore, thinks that he understands the divine scriptures or any part of them so that it does not build on the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“If I don't like something I read in Scripture, perhaps I simply don't understand it. If so, studying it again may help.… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“What I'd like to read is a scientific review, by a scientific psychologist--if any exists--of 'A Scientific Man and the Bible'. By… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Whoever thou art, whatever in other respects thy life may be, my friend, by ceasing to take part (if ordinarily thou doest)… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
There are also two Christianities in the world today. There is (1) the Christianity of the New Testament, and there is (2)… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Just as the Christian counselor knows that there is no unique problem that has not been mentioned plainly in the Scriptures, so… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“When God says He is a jealous God, He is not saying He is jealous of us or of something we have.… — Ava Pennington Copy Share Image
Everything we do, our every objective, must be undertaken for the sake of... purity of heart... we must practice the reading of… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
“This extended reflection on the Scriptures’ uses of “gospel” allows us to now offer a provisional definition. It must remain provisional until… — Jonathan T. Pennington Copy Share Image
What gets me back to church, I think, is thinking maybe this time that question "Is it true?" will be answered, not… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
