The Holy and Inspired Scriptures are sufficient of themselves for the preaching of the Truth. — Athanasius of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life. — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience. — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
Biblical counseling is listening to a person long enough until you hear a violation of scripture. — Henry R Brandt Copy Share Image
Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted. — Frank R. Wolf Copy Share Image
Just because I've extricated myself from religion doesn't mean I'm not interested in the scriptures. I look at the Bible as itself.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit;… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Scripture is also clear that it is not by works of righteousness we have done but by God’s mercy that He saves us.” — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
Christ wears "two shoes" in the world: scripture and nature. Both are necessary to understand the Lord, and at no stage can… — Johannes Scotus Eriugena Copy Share Image
“Seeking sacredness through scripture literalism is like sunbathing in the microwave, it only burns your skin, and cooks your brain.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There is one passage in the Scriptures to which all the potentates of Europe seem to have given their unanimous assent and… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“What value is there to reading one, three, or more chapters of Scripture only to find that after you’ve finished, you can’t… — Donald S. Whitney Copy Share Image
The idea of infidelity [a disbelief in the inspiration of the Scriptures or the divine origin of Christianity] cannot be treated with… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Sacred scripture wishes simply to declare that the world was created by God, and in order to teach this truth it expressed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
“Wherever he found his speech growing too modern -- which was about every sentence or two -- he ladled in a few… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“The suggestion is made from time to time that the canon of scripture might be augmented by the inclusion of other ‘inspirational’… — F.F. Bruce Copy Share Image
“Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The author extols the power of having significant portions of God's Word read in public worship with the following analogy. He says… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Perfection does not come in this life, but we exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and keep our covenants. President Monson… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
“It is possible that our present-day discussion about needs might be framed more by secular psychological theories than by Scripture. If this… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
The Bible is not considered an accurate, absolute, authoritative, or authoritarian source but a book to be experienced and one experience can… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
The right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example. — Richard Furman Copy Share Image
When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life. — Bono Copy Share Image
If thou trusteth to the book called the Scriptures, thou trusteth to the rotten staff of fables and falsehood. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“He can't go five minutes without quoting scripture. It's like biblical Tourettes.” — Dawn Jayne Copy Share Image
All teaching and all truth and all doctrine must be tested in the light of the scriptures. — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
As you engage your mind in the scriptures, your mind will become pure. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Every fool in error can find a passage of scripture to back him up — John Howard Griffin Copy Share Image
My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image