When my works are being translated, I always get this question from my translators: Up or down? Which means, should it sound… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“The Biblical "dualism" in life then, is not between the "sacred" and the "secular" in contrived upper and lower stories of life,… — Christian Overman Copy Share Image
The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The hope that God has provided for you is not merely a wish. Neither is it dependent on other people, possessions, or… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
“In Judaism, the biblical laws that come without explanation—and there are many—are called chukim. This is such a law. The point is,… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Many biblical passages teach that we're not saved by our own efforts but by the grace of God alone. But the same… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
You demonstrate biblical love when you take steps to restore a fellow-believer overtaken in sin. This not only encourages a fallen believer… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular… — Fred Edwords Copy Share Image
Only when it is seen that what decides each individual's destiny is whether or not God decides to save him from his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are approaching a time when Christians, especially, may have to declare the social contract between Enlightenment rationalists and Biblical believers -… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact,… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Biblical theology attempts to embrace the message of the Bible and to arrive at an intelligible coherence of the whole despite the… — Scott J. Hafemann Copy Share Image
If we think of the Holy Spirit only as an impersonal power or influence, then our thought will constantly be, how can… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
I don't pass myself off as a Bible scholar or a pastor or someone who knows all the biblical facts cover-to-cover. I'm… — Shawn Michaels Copy Share Image
All of creation, in the biblical view, was to ultimately prepare the way for the creation of man. But one does not… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
When all of our idols are taken away, all our securities and defense mechanisms, we find out who we really are. We’re… — Aaron Lines Copy Share Image
The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed.… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The biblical writers didn't need to say everything; they could assume some things. They didn't anticipate a day when even Jews and… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
The gospel is not about... pie-in-the-sky when they die. ... It is imperative that the up and coming generation recognize that the… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea. He could… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“But if the biblical story is true, the kind of certainty proper to a human being will be one which rests on… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Satan cannot win. Why not? Because he has denied God's sovereignty and disobeyed God's law. But Moses was told explicitly, God's blessings… — Gary North Copy Share Image
It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
If you are a member of a small group or class, I urge you to make a group covenant that includes the… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
When you see what has happened in America, driving religion, driving believers from the public square, there is a clear connection to… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
Today, under the influences of Eastern religions and philosophies imported into the West, many Christians confuse God's Spirit with our spirit and… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
By studying the Bible one can at best know about God. There is a vast difference between knowing God and knowing about… — Tommy Tenney Copy Share Image
“Thus far it has become clear that the biblical creation narratives represent another way of speaking about reality than that with which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
One of the great disadvantages of a literary or scriptural tradition like the biblical one is that a deity or context of… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Bible is interpreted by the Talmud. Except, in Rabbinic tradition, a Talmudic law has the weight of the Biblical law. Sometimes… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge -… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Mother's Day is also the perfect time for reminding your mother that you recognize what a high and holy calling motherhood is.… — Bible Copy Share Image
The apocalypse is coming, that's the one thing I like about George Bush, I really think he can get us into the… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
