During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy… — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
I don't know why Christians keep fighting over which is better-singleness or marriage-when it seems rather obvious, both from Scripture and from… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita…"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Church of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ.… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Scripture would not only solve the individual and family divisions, but it would also solve the ecclesiastical confusion. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
“Though you recite much scripture, If you are unaware and do not act according You are like a cowherd counting others' cattle,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And, anyway, no matter how much you may behave like the deaf adder of Scripture which, as you are doubtless aware, the… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“judging by how the Bible actually behaves—God did not design scripture to be a hushed afternoon in an oak-paneled library. Instead, God… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
The temptation is for us to share our own opinions, our own thoughts and to speak from the whole realm of possibility.… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. We are not speaking… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is hardly possible not to suspect the truth of this doctrine of atonement, when we consider that the general maxims to… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
God loves to glorify himself by suspending his gifts and blessings on our asking him for them. We should never presume to… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
“I cannot be the only reader who has wondered why God, having given him [St. Paul] so many gifts, withheld from him… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nevada involved cattle, right? First of all, I thought the Lord owned the cattle on the thousand hills. What about the fact… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
The greatest blessings of general conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the pattern recorded frequently in scripture: we… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
Lots of the time, we just think of the Bible as history or life lessons or poetry or - unfortunately - a… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to cherry-pick passages from scripture and use them for your own purposes, without considering a verse’s original context.” — Daniel D. Maurer Copy Share Image
The primary reason we lose faith is because we forget the faithfulness of God. Maybe that's why the word 'remember' is repeated… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical… — John Piper Copy Share Image
And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Let us each day search from the scriptures and from the prophets…. The scriptures that are never read will never help us.… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth, till they… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
“into the depths of Scripture or researched a single Greek word. They simply taught what they knew. I don’t know any other” — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Scripture comforts me, and romance novels give me hope." "Oh yeah? Hope for what?" "Hope that I'll be doing more than quoting… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
Does Scripture forbid homosexual behavior? Of course it does. Jesus and his apostles taught that God's intention in marriage is for a… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
“To eliminate her from Scripture is to deform the story—to not tell it correctly—and actually dishonors Jesus. Consider how much the common… — Carrie Gress Copy Share Image
No insistence in the Scripture is more pressing than that we must pray...How clear it is, when the Bible is consulted, that… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
We ought not to criticize, explain, or judge the Scriptures by our mere reason, but diligently, with prayer, meditate thereon, and seek… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When you really dive into the scriptures it says the kingdom of heaven is inside you. You can feel that because of… — Killah Priest Copy Share Image
Jesus died as He had lived-praying, forgiving, loving, sacrificing, trusting, quoting Scripture. If I die as I have lived, how will I… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
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