Bible Quote by Adam Hamilton Download Open image “Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.” — Adam Hamilton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bible Books Critical Education Learning Learning to read Light Time Written
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Have been reading "Genesis" several Sundays, not as a Christian reads for "spiritual consolation," "instruction," etc., not as aninfidel reads to carp and quarrel and criticize, but as one who wishes to be informed and furnished in the earliest and most wonderful of all literary productions. The literature of the Bible should be studied as one studies Shakespeare, for illustration… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share
I began to read [Bible] as a critic, an in-house critic. So I got to a place where when I got to the university, I just couldn't reconcile that book and some of its points of view with stuff I was learning in my academic career. And so then you have a choice: either you give up your academic career… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
“Studying a book that was finished nearly two thousand years ago may appear to some like an interesting but somewhat impractical pursuit. Quaint and antiquarian, the diligent examination of the Bible might seem better suited to an old seminary professor or a historian. We probably never actually talk this way, but we are all tempted to think like this when… — John Snyder Copy Share
Give yourself to reading.’... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“We do not read the Bible aright until we learn to read it as the Story of Israel that comes to completion — fulfillment… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something you already know: reading is critically important - especially for Christian believers. God, after all, reveals Himself to us… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“The wisdom of what a person says is in direct proportion to his progress in learning the holy scriptures--and I am not speaking of… — Saint Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence. Let Scripture be first and most in your hearts and hands and other books be used as subservient to it. While reading ask yourself: 1. Could I spend this time no better? 2. Are there better books that would edify me more? 3.… — Richard Baxter Copy Share
“The Bible is layered, incredibly complex, and yet perfectly simple. But your heart has to be open to truly "read" it.” — Emily Colson Copy Share Image
If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Frequent prayer has great value. On its surface, this sounds simplistic. But if we're to keep prayer at the forefront of our ministry, we… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“As Donald Trump was campaigning for the Republican nomination for president in 2016 he was asked, “Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?” He… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The senseless killing of 20 children and their teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School was not part of God's grand plan. It… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Why did the earthquake and tsunami occur in Japan? Was it the act of an angry God? No, it was the result of the… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God is still… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is my primary way of knowing Him and what it means to follow Him. And… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The human authors and editors of the Old Testament brought their own experiences and presuppositions to the task of writing. We don’t often think… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“God hates Hell. He hates the idea of people going there. He hates it so much that He was willing to take on human… — Evan Minton Copy Share Image
“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.” — Michael Arnold Copy Share Image
When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell… — Lee Greenwood Copy Share Image
“Scripture also teaches that human beings are morally responsible creatures” — Robert A. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace… — Stephen Taylor Copy Share Image
O Word of God incarnate . . . It is the golden casket Where gems of truth are stored; It is the heaven-drawn picture… — Walsham How Copy Share Image
Every plant which my heavenly father has not planted with be uprooted — Jesus Christ Copy Share Image
Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The Bible is… — Abel Ferrara Copy Share Image
“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image