“The Bible begins with paradise lost, at which time pain, suffering, and death first entered the human race. The Bible ends with paradise regained, at which time pain, suffering, and death will be a thing of the past.” — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Luther explained his philosophy this way: “I must let the literal words go and try to learn how the German says that which the Hebrew expresses…Whoever would speak German must not use Hebrew style. Rather he must see to it—once he understands the Hebrew author—that he concentrates on the sense of the text, asking himself, ‘Pray tell, what do the… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share
“Eternity is a big concept. We read in the pages of Holy Writ that God has “set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). This inspiring verse led one commentator to reflect, “Though living in a world of time, man has intimations of eternity. Instinctively he thinks of ‘forever,’ and though he cannot understand the concept, he realizes that… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share
“One reason Bible translation is a difficult task is that, in many cases, there is no direct one-to-one parallel between words in the original… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“SCRIPTURE OFTEN WARNS ABOUT spiritual deception (Matthew 7:15-23; 24:5; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:8; 1 John 4:1). God obviously does not want people to… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“there will be a literal rapture. First Thessalonians is an epistle (letter) written by the apostle Paul, and it contains straightforward statements of fact.” — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“God moved, and the prophet mouthed these revealed truths. God revealed and man recorded His Word to humankind.1” — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Modern biblical scholars tell us that about 90 percent of the New Testament of the King James Version was ultimately based on Tyndale’s work.” — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“inspiration literally means “God-breathed.” Because Scripture is breathed out by God—because it originates from Him—it is true.” — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Myles Coverdale (1488–1569), who had been Tyndale’s assistant as well as an English clergyman, produced the first complete printed English Bible. This was a… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“The church is called a mystery that was not revealed to past generations, but was revealed for the first time in the New Testament era. This mystery involved the idea of uniting Jewish and Gentile believers in one spiritual body (see Ephesians 3:3-6,9; Colossians 1:26-27). This lends support to the idea that the church age began on the day of… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share
“Theology that does not touch the heart—that does not resonate with your inner spirit so that it changes you—has failed at its task.” — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
