“The Bible assumes that we do not know instinctively how to talk with God but rather need some help with knowing how… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
Who wrote the Bible? Current scholarship, to my knowledge, assumes that the material that constitutes the Old Testament was put together from… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The First Testament gives the baseline meaning to the gospel in the promise of God that will not be thwarted by anyone… — Tobin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Here is a fundamental distinction between Judaism and Christianity. The Gospels record the miracles performed by Jesus at length, and miracles play… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
The folly of Interpreters has been, to foretell times and things by this Prophecy, as if God designed to make them Prophets.… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Many who are convinced that God is non-violent simply dismiss the Old Testament accounts of God commanding or engaging in violence. I… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“The native language of Babylonia-Assyria did no doubt influence the language of Canaan, but chiefly through Phoenician script. The language found on… — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed the words which Old Testament people use when someone important calls them by name? They don't say "What?" or… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“God is a different league of person from us, but God is a person like us, not an abstract force or a… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“The first grand federalist design...was that of the Bible, most particularly the Hebrew Scriptures or Old Testament... Biblical thought is federal (from… — Daniel J. Elazar Copy Share Image
“Very Like a Whale One thing that literature would be greatly the better for Would be a more restricted employment by authors… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Americans are an "almost chosen people," which is meant to suggest that there are clear parallels, literal, theological and everything else, between… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“Some have said, “The miracles, signs, and wonders of the book of Acts were temporary. They served to authenticate the apostles until… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
“Freedom and respect for the individual are rooted in the Old Testament, which convinced man that he makes his own history, that… — Joost A.M. Meerloo Copy Share Image
“Although there was no reliable way of dating periods, there was no shortage of people willing to try. The most well known… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“The careful, embroidered stitches delineated a coil of some sort. It looked rather like a halved snail shell, but the interior was… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“One of the things that happened when the church moved from meetings in homes to having purpose-built buildings beginning before, but accelerated… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
There are dozens of writings outside of the Bible that verify the historical accuracy of many of the names of people, places,… — Charlie Campbell Copy Share Image
God's Word will never pass away, but looking back to the Old Testament and since the time of Christ, with tears we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Old Testament uses several different Hebrew terms to describe the various modes of impartation. First, according to Strong’s Concordance, there is… — James W. Goll Copy Share Image
I liked The DaVinci Code. It just had the concept. The core element of the concept of the book deals with whether… — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
“Well how do you know we ain’t Negroes?” “Uncle Jack Finch says we really don’t know. He says as far as he… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Too often scholars have thought and even suggested that what happened during and after Constantine was that the church sought to replace… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
“MY DAILY WALK How well do you know your Old Testament? That may seem like an unusual question to ask as you… — Walk Thru the Bible Copy Share Image
“Tell me something. Do you believe in God?' Snow darted an apprehensive glance in my direction. 'What? Who still believes nowadays?' 'It… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
The scriptures provide one of the best ways to find our course and stay on it. Scriptural knowledge also provides precious protection.… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The Old Testament contains over 300 references to the Messiah that were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Computations using the science of probability… — Fritz Ridenour Copy Share Image
“In this weaving together of the story of the Old Testament, four simple categories help identify how each part points to Jesus… — Wendy Alsup Copy Share Image
“The third and best view takes into account that Jesus chided Nicodemus for his ignorance (John 3:10). So He must be referring… — Richard D. Phillips Copy Share Image
Philo of Alexandria introduced in the first century what has been described as the 'Hellenizing of the Old Testament,' or the allegorical… — Philo Copy Share Image
“When he heard his father call out for Abel and he saw his borther go forth, it made him feel like he… — Jonathan Goldstein Copy Share Image
“The Apostle Paul, quoting an Old Testament prophet, summarized what it means to be a believer when he wrote, “The just shall… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“Susannah: (sotto voce) Everybody's a goddam critic. Jake: Blaine, I have one more. Blaine: EXCELLENT. Jake: Out of the eater came forth… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Tertullian thunders at women in the manner of the God of the Old Testament who once threatened to make their hair fall… — Jack Holland Copy Share Image
“The word “frustration” here—mataiotes—is the same word as the one translated as “vanity” in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint, the… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
Certainly the Old Testament does not teach us that there is another life, and upon that question even the New is obscure… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Beloved, are you willing to say this? Are you willing to give up your sins, to walk with God continually, to submit… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;… — Isaiah Copy Share Image
