Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the desert, biblical metaphors, that's… — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
The Old Testament is a chronicle of horrors, describing an egocentric collection of supernatural beings who were always doing rotten things to… — John A. Keel Copy Share Image
'Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
There is no better story in the Old Testament, or perhaps the whole Bible, for depicting the difference between the ladder-defined life… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Everything that happens in the Old Testament is a "type" or adumbration of something that happens in the New Testament, and the… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
I became a student of the history of religion. I am fascinated by how religions often center on mystical experience, and in… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“At first we might expect that New Testament prophets would be like the Old Testament prophets. But when we look through the… — Wayne A. Grudem Copy Share Image
“Yet I returned to the central values of Christianity - sacrifice, redemption, forgiveness - because I found them so compelling. There is… — Paul Kalanithi Copy Share Image
“Why does God not declare himself as the God of Adam? For we know that Abraham sinned even as Adam did. Why… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“Ida Rhew was bending low, pulling a pan of rolls from the oven. God, sang a cracking Negro voice from the transistor… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“When God creates Eve, he calls her an ezer kenegdo. 'It is not good for the man to be alone, I shall… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
“Most Christians believe that Jesus IS God, that Jesus is the same jealous and angry God that abhorred homosexuals and condemned them… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“He also says: In fact, their minds were grown hard and calloused [they had become dull and had lost the power of… — Ana Mendez Ferrell Copy Share Image
“Likewise, for centuries, scriptures prophesying that the sovereign nation of Israel would some day be re-born were generally not believed. That is,… — John Price Copy Share Image
“Slowly, God is opening my eyes to needs all around me. In Scripture, God revisits this issue of caring for the poor-… — Margaret Feinberg Copy Share Image
“We are told in Ephesians 1:19-20 that the church is built on the foundation of Christ’s resurrection, meaning that the church could… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
Among the Jews, especially in the Old Testament, teachings served not for the communication of religious truth, but rather to bring the… — Gordon Fee Copy Share Image
Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
If Moses is our lawgiver [Old Testament prophet given laws by God] at this time let us obey him, not in part… — Gerald Heaney Copy Share Image
There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
You know, in some ways, the celibacy tradition goes back to the tribe of Levi and, certainly, sacrifice and the notion of… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
“I know once you repent, Jesus himself isn't big on punishment, but according to all the Old Testament stories, I ever heard,… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
“The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one… — King Solomon Son of David Copy Share Image
“One need not believe in Pallas Athena, the virgin goddess, to be overwhelmed by the Parthenon. Similarly, a man who rejects all… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“This presentation is dealing the question of the modern relevance of God's Law today. What I propose to do is defended the… — Kenneth L. Gentry Jr Copy Share Image
“Of course the theologians fought the facts found by the geologists, the scientists, and sought to sustain the sacred Scriptures. They mistook… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches. Imagine a modern American publisher confronted with the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Moving slightly beyond the shade of the seventh column, the old man carefully positioned the shopping cart so that its four wheels… — Barbara Casey Copy Share Image
The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Already in the Old Testament, God’s love for Israel had been compared to the marital bond (Isa 62:5; Jer 2–3; Ezek 16;… — Preston Sprinkle Copy Share Image
Before the State of Israel became a reality, Sinatra was a strong supporter, knowing that Jews were being denied access to the… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
Why do you think the Bible has survived thousands of years of tumultuous history Why is it still here Is it because… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Conflict is the basis of drama. I guess that goes back as long as time has existed as far as mankind is… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Go back to the Bible, the Old Testament. I mean there were people who we would call intelectuals, there, they were called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Curiously, growing Papaver somniferum in America is legal—unless, that is, it is done in the knowledge that you are growing a drug,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“If you pray, “Oh God, please have mercy. Don’t pour out Your wrath!” you have just pushed the Lord aside and declared,… — Andrew Wommack Copy Share Image
It’s all right,” she said. “You’re through.” “Jesus,” he finally managed, pushing water off his face. “Jesus Christ and John the Baptist.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament,… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
It is believed by everyone that when he was in heaven he was stern, hard, resentful, jealous and cruel, but that when… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
![“When God creates Eve, he calls her an ezer kenegdo. 'It is not good for the man to be alone, I shall make him [an ezer kenegdo]' (Gen. 2:18 Alter). Hebrew scholar Robert Alter, who has spent years translating the book of Genesis, says that this phrase is 'notoriously difficult to translate.' The…” quote by Stasi Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/177/stasi-eldredge-10495_bible_when-god-creates-eve-he-calls-her-an-eze_657900.jpg)
![“He also says: In fact, their minds were grown hard and calloused [they had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]; for until this present day, when the Old Testament (the old covenant) is being read, that same veil still lies [on their hearts], not being lifted [to reveal] that in…” quote by Ana Mendez Ferrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/67c/ana-mendez-ferrell-11377_learning_he-also-says-in-fact-their-minds-were-gr_1000300.jpg)
![“If Moses is our lawgiver [Old Testament prophet given laws by God] at this time let us obey him, not in part only, but wholly, and put every Sabbath breaker, blasphemer, and adulterer to death.” quote by Gerald Heaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/328/gerald-heaney-75147_bible_if-moses-is-our-lawgiver-old-testament-p_157103.jpg)
