--- title: "17 History God Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 History God quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best History God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/reinhold-niebuhr-1881_funny_we-have-had-to-learn-that-history-is-nei_2270432.png" --- > [We have had to learn that history is neither a God nor a redeemer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/we-have-had-to-learn-that-history-is-neither-a-god-nor-a-redeemer/) [Reinhold Niebuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-niebuhr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/reinhold-niebuhr-1881_funny_we-have-had-to-learn-that-history-is-nei_2270432.png) > [“History is God's providence in human affairs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/history-is-god-s-providence-in-human-affairs/) [Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/daniel-webster-2347_destiny_history-is-god-s-providence-in-human-aff_2928089.jpg) > [“dull of heart had a history in God, but did not keep current in what God was doing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/dull-of-heart-had-a-history-in-god-but-did-not-keep-current-in-what/) [Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/bill-johnson-1147_dull_dull-of-heart-had-a-history-in-god-but-d_1040421.png) > [If you make history with God, He'll make history with you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/if-you-make-history-with-god-he-ll-make-history-with-you/) [Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/bill-johnson-1147_god_if-you-make-history-with-god-he-ll-make_812751.png) > [God acts in history: that is, God provides ideas, methods, and experiences intended to bring comprehension to man, an understanding heart, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/god-acts-in-history-that-is-god-provides-ideas-methods-and/) [Jacob Needleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-needleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/jacob-needleman-16314_acts_god-acts-in-history-that-is-god-provides_1565982.png) > [Our spiritual history is the history of God-ventriloquists! The truth is that the voice of God is the voice of cunning Man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/our-spiritual-history-is-the-history-of-god-ventriloquists-the-truth/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_cunning_our-spiritual-history-is-the-history-of_1081456.jpg) > [“The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence.” ― A History of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/the-only-way-to-show-a-true-respect-for-god-is-to-act-morally-while/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/karen-armstrong-1053_christianity_the-only-way-to-show-a-true-respect-for_2041856.jpg) > [“history is God’s love story. There is no event in space or time unrelated to the Jesus story, and there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-viola/history-is-god-s-love-story-there-is-no-event-in-space-or-time/) [Frank Viola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-viola/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/frank-viola-32808_history_history-is-god-s-love-story-there-is-no_415164.jpg) > [God is not a person. God does not have a history. God does not have a future. God is beyond definition. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/god-is-not-a-person-god-does-not-have-a-history-god-does-not-have-a/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/frederick-lenz-8_definitions_god-is-not-a-person-god-does-not-have-a_2579569.jpg) > [The idea of a judgment of history is secularism's vain, meaningless, hopeless, pathetic attempt to devise a substitute for what the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/the-idea-of-a-judgment-of-history-is-secularism-s-vain-meaningless/) [Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/robert-p-george-44481_almighty_the-idea-of-a-judgment-of-history-is-sec_257392.jpg) > [From the Scriptures we find basic truths that may serve as the foundation of our teaching of history. The first basic truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-fisher/from-the-scriptures-we-find-basic-truths-that-may-serve-as-the/) [D. A. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/d-a-fisher-84213_bible_from-the-scriptures-we-find-basic-truths_2249080.jpg) > [“If one of these, if a hundred of them, a thousand, came too soon or failed to thrive or were born incomplete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/if-one-of-these-if-a-hundred-of-them-a-thousand-came-too-soon-or/) [Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/alice-mcdermott-1961_history_if-one-of-these-if-a-hundred-of-them-a-t_2190817.jpg) > [We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-are-torn-out-of-our-own-existence-and-set-down-in-the-midst-of-the/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_deals_we-are-torn-out-of-our-own-existence-and_1174431.jpg) > [“Ought we not to look upon our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of His goodness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/ought-we-not-to-look-upon-our-own-history-as-being-at-least-as-full/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_history_ought-we-not-to-look-upon-our-own-histor_1327794.jpg) > [“IN THE MOST CRUCIAL EVENTS IN REDEMPTIVE HISTORY, God takes considerable pains to ensure that no one can properly conclude that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson-2/in-the-most-crucial-events-in-redemptive-history-god-takes/) [D.A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/d-a-carson-2-12097_history_in-the-most-crucial-events-in-redemptive_999645.jpg) > [“Could God have justified Himself before human history, so full of suffering, without placing Christ's Cross at the center of that history?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/could-god-have-justified-himself-before-human-history-so-full-of/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/pope-john-paul-ii-485_christ_could-god-have-justified-himself-before_2475022.jpg) > [ “\[When asked about his thoughts on gods\] I think it's like a movie that was way too popular. It's a story that's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-vedder/when-asked-about-his-thoughts-on-gods-i-think-it-s-like-a-movie-that/) [Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-vedder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/eddie-vedder-2057_atheism_when-asked-about-his-thoughts-on-gods-i_3019910.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history-god/#itemlist", "name": "History God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have had to learn that history is neither a God nor a redeemer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Reinhold Niebuhr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/we-have-had-to-learn-that-history-is-neither-a-god-nor-a-redeemer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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