“It is a curious thing that at my age — fifty-five last birthday — I should find myself taking up a pen… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
“One great objection to the Old Testament is the cruelty said to have been commanded by God. All these cruelties ceased with… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“redemption and relationship come before rules to help express thankfulness. Anglican pastor and Old Testament scholar Christopher Wright put it like this:… — David P. Murray Copy Share Image
“I experience Mormondom to be a warm and beautiful and well-appointed home in which you suddenly find you're in a Patriarchy Funhouse… — Carol Lynn Pearson Copy Share Image
“We must always be careful when reading words written to Old Testament Israel , for we are often tempted to believe that… — Jeff Turner Copy Share Image
“For example, most editions of the Old Testament, intended for a Christian readership (obtained from a Greek translation of the original Hebrew),… — Anonymous 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
“The historical problems with Luke are even more pronounced. For one thing, we have relatively good records for the reign of Caesar… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
We may compare the Bible to the Old Testament Tabernacle in the wilderness with its three courts. The outer court is the… — Arthur Tappan Pierson Copy Share Image
“We must add that there is no real conflict between the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“When I was small and would leaf through the Old Testament retold for children and illustrated in engravings by Gustave Dore, I… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper His people? Indeed! God increases our yield so that by giving we… — John Piper 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
In the Old Testament, the God of the Prophets never was completely on Israel's side. There was a primitive national religion, but… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“More specifically, the Hebrew Bible tells the story of a people who move away from slavery under Pharaoh—a system that requires many… — John Cullinan Copy Share Image
“In trying to understand the death of churches, several possible explanations come to mind, some much less convincing to modern ears than… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
“We claim scriptural authority for the assertion that Jesus Christ was and is God the Creator, the God who revealed Himself to… — James E. Talmage Copy Share Image
“The Old Testament is the record of prophets. Jesus was a prophet. The New Testament is the record of apostles and prophets.… — Derek Morphew Copy Share Image
“God is not glorified when we keep for ourselves (no matter how thankfully) what we ought to be using to alleviate the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The two greatest works of war mythology in the west ... are the Iliad and the Old Testament... When we turn from… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, I hear people talk about the different men and women of the Old Testament, and there is a hint of jealousy.… — Kyle Idleman Copy Share Image
“Many theologians believe the Gospel writers include miracle stories in order to prove that Jesus is divine. But miracles are not proof… — R. Alan Streett Copy Share Image
“Ecclesiastes This is a book of the Old Testament. I don't believe I've ever read this section of the Bible - I… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments shows that idolatry is nothing like the crude picture that springs to mind… — Richard Keyes Copy Share Image
“Call it the Human Mission-to be all and do all God sent us here to do. And notice-the mission to be fruitful… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
“Since God is the author, the Bible is authoritative. It is absolute in its authority for human thought and behaviour. "As the… — Robertson McQuilkin Copy Share Image
On closer inspection, the hero status accorded to Abraham, Moses and David in the Old Testament (and echoed in the New Testament)… — Paul Copan Copy Share Image
Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Mene mene tekel upsharin,' Jace said with a faint smile. 'You don't recognize it? It's from the Bible, vampire. The old one.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The Jews emerge into history, not a nation of keen spiritual aspirations and altruistic ethics, but that pagan people, worshipping rocks, sheep… — James T. Shotwell Copy Share Image
“Human beings seem to have a perpetual tendency to have somebody else talk to God for them. We are content to have… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“May Christ, indeed, be the theme of your song. CONCLUSION If you are like me, this may be the first thing in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To return to the linguistic analogy, those who are fluent in Scripture are both able and desirous to preach on every nook… — Brent A. Strawn Copy Share Image
“Notice that God did much more than give Adam someone so that he wouldn’t be lonely. God’s solution for Adam’s need was… — David Boehi Copy Share Image
“Sermon On the Mount: "You have heard it said of old..." "Jesus was referring to the 'letter of the Mosaic law' of… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“Adventists urged to study women’s ordination for themselves Adventist Church President Ted N. C. Wilson appealed to members to study the Bible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Cedar The cedar tree smells like the first crisp bite of spearmint chewing gum, refreshing, yet almost like medicine in its bitter.… — Kimberly Greene Angle Copy Share Image
“Irruption of fallen angels into the world of men. Then a new and startling event burst upon the world, and fearfully accelerated… — G.H. Pember Copy Share Image