Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
“I'm of the opinion and quite certain that our 'personal histories' with God are meant to be well informed by the Scriptures” — R. Alan Woods 2007 Copy Share Image
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
We are all thieves; we are all thieves; we have taken the scriptures in words, and know nothing of them in ourselves. — Margaret Fell Copy Share Image
We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“how do the Scriptures testify of Him, unless all things had ever been revealed and shown to believers by one and the… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“You must remember this: You can never have a Christian mind without reading the Scriptures regularly because you cannot be profoundly influenced… — Nick Harrison Copy Share Image
I am convinced that each of us, at some time in our lives, must discover the scriptures for ourselves—and not just discover… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible.… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“The Soul (our true Self) has to be experienced, the Soul known through scriptures will not do. Work will not be completed… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“People fight over religion, because they don't understand religion. They think reading a few Bibles, Qurans and Vedas makes them religious. Books… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The writers of religious scriptures and texts would have done humanity a grand service if they would have used just one sentence,… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
It is one thing to read the Scriptures and affirm their truth. But until you are in the trenches of trial, until… — Kevin Malarkey Copy Share Image
At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be engaging our people much… — Donald Wuerl Copy Share Image
The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer.… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Forget all labels and simply live as a human, and you'll have all the morality in you - this morality is text-less… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I use the Scriptures, not as an arsenal to be resorted to only for arms and weapons, but as a matchless temple,… — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
The Bible is a collection of writings by lots of different people written over maybe a thousand years, from a number of… — John Goldingay Copy Share Image
The scriptures are basically a narrative of God's interaction with human kind. If we lose this notion of God's desire for relationship… — Paul Copan Copy Share Image
“I followed Ruth's example, you know." He tilted his head in confusion. There was a Ruth in his neighborhood. But when could… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
