Certainly Paul shares the view of the Old Testament prophets that God will one day flood the world with justice and joy… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The New Testament presents, in its way, the same union of the divine and human as the person of Christ. In this… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying… — Frederica Mathewes-Green 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
It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do not deal with the text [of the Bible] scientifically. I read it, I'm interested in its layers of meaning, but… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“The question 'What was there before creation?' is meaningless. Time is a property of creation, therefore before creation there was no before… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You… — Jamie Raskin Copy Share Image
“Think about how much of your Bible, Old and New Testaments, is in the form not of doctrinal statements but of stories.… — Layton Talbert Copy Share Image
He does have surprising, secret purposes. I open a Bible, and His plans, startling, lie there barefaced. It’s hard to believe it,… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
The Bible tells me that no greater love has a man than to lay down his life for his friends. John Kerry's… — Max Cleland Copy Share Image
Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without… — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to find people who think work is good and leisure is bad (i.e., you rest to work). You can also… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“My life as a preacher, whether as pastor of a local congregation or as a general superintendent and episcopal leader of many… — Gennifer Benjamin Brooks Copy Share Image
The Bible is not a history book. It is the manual for life. When you study the Word of God, you develop… — Creflo Dollar Copy Share Image
It should not be surprising if people believe easily in a God who makes no demands, but this is not the God… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'm all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
There are three categories of people in America: those who are afraid, those who don't know enough to be afraid, and those… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
“Pastors and Bible teachers go about their work in communal settings, where they listen to as well as deliver sermons, hear as… — Peter J. Leithart 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
I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A girl invited me to come out to a Bible study, and I said, 'Why not? I don't have anything to lose.'… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
Each day I take time out to study the Bible, no matter where I am. The teachings of the Bible have added… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elaborate. The text is… — Isaac Mayer Wise 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
O Word of God incarnate . . . It is the golden casket Where gems of truth are stored; It is the… — Walsham How Copy Share Image
Every time I try to read the Bible... and Jesus... the one with all the words in red... I open my Bible… — Madea 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
“accept the Word of Scripture and ponder it in your heart, as Mary did. That is all. That is meditation.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a… — Herschel Walker Copy Share Image
I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it's like reading a whole new Bible. You… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
Adam was taken out of paradise while he was in it. He was taken out because of a single sin that he… — Nayely Saldana Copy Share Image
He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written; yet where is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“those who disagree with us are still making arguments from Scripture, from the wisdom of the tradition, from humble, prayerful struggles to… — Preston Sprinkle Copy Share Image