the seventh-century biblical narratives transformed a…

“Unlike Greek narratives, where achievement is celebrated, and biblical narratives, where submission and discipline are celebrated, in Indic thought understanding is celebrated.”

— Devdutt Pattanaik

“There are bad stories and good stories, bad spells and good spells. The gospel, as we’ve already said, is the “good spell.” It enchants…

— Sarah Arthur

“There were African slaves in China from at least the seventh century CE, and, Wolf reports, “by 1119 most of the wealthy people of…

— David Christian

The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an…

— Salman Rushdie

“By the seventh century, Christianity probably was far stronger and more sophisticated in North Africa and Asia than in Europe.”

— Rodney Stark

“But that's Islam in the third millennium: they want the certainties of seventh-century society with the conveniences of the twenty-first century.”

— Mark Steyn

[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy,…

— Oliver D. Crisp

I portray myself as wicked, hoping I will not be regarded as wicked. But I may be wicked in the biblical sense

— Errol Flynn

“The Bible isn’t a list of requirements; rather, it’s a list of results after experiencing God’s love. Following God isn’t an action but a…

— Peter Haas

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

— Jon Meacham

“And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O…

— Richard Steele

Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge.

— Bruce Feiler

The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical…

— Joseph Campbell

“Richard Dawkins regards faith as an evil to be eliminated; he takes all religious faith to be blind faith. (Dawkins says) ‘Scientific belief is…

— John Lennox

The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand…

— Paula Modersohn-Becker