The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
John Frame's magnificent work on the Christian life fully endorses the authority of Scripture and practically addresses the need to consider the… — Richard L. Pratt, Jr Copy Share Image
By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
“If our lives are to be shaped by the story of Scripture, we need to understand two things well: the biblical story… — Craig G. Bartholomew Copy Share Image
The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
The narratives of Scripture were not meant to describe our world ... but to change the world, including the one in which… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Through reading the scriptures I realized there was a purpose for my life, that I was created for a reason, that I… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Among the Mormons, things temporal have always been important along with things eternal, for salvation in this world and the next is… — Leonard J. Arrington Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit can’t remind you of something you never read which is why it’s important to memorize scripture. When you have… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The Bible is not a book of magic. It's a book of mystery. You can't just quote verses that support your prejudices… — Mel White Copy Share Image
“holy scripture was believed to justify her subordination and explain her inferiority; for even as a copy she was not a very… — Elaine Morgan Copy Share Image
Under the plan of heaven, the husband and the wife walk side by side as companions, neither one ahead of the other,… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“If we do not love the Bible, we certainly do not love the God who gave it to us; but if we… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I must be frank in my feeling that a notable heresy has come into being throughout our evangelical Christian circles -- the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
“Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence. Let Scripture be first and… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
“Many modern Christians think of the New Testament as a book outside of history, something that was just suddenly there. Historians of… — Jason BeDuhn Copy Share Image
“To help me learn how to practice lectio divina, I’ve enlisted two expert sources. Eugene Peterson opens his book on spiritual reading… — Jana Riess Copy Share Image
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
We contend that ideas and/or practices may be scriptural as long as they are not condemned by scripture. — Charles H. Kraft Copy Share Image
A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Our culture is so fixated on dying and going to heaven when the whole Scripture is about heaven coming to earth. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives. — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Quoting Scripture texts is different than shaping a worldview around them.” — Justin Taylor Copy Share Image