Quote by Bart D. Ehrman Download Open image ““Almost certainly the divine self-claims in John are not historical.”” — Bart D. Ehrman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It is clear that John saw himself, not only as one of the Christian prophets, but also as standing in the tradition of Old… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“I am writing this as a profession of faith: I believe in a divine providence; I also believe in God's wisdom and goodness; I… — Albert Speer Copy Share Image
“In the first place, John’s work is a prophetic apocalypse in that it communicates a disclosure of a transcendent perspective on this world.” — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“John, who was transformed into a passionate lover of God, had lost everything he knew in order to come into that which he did… — James W. Goll Copy Share Image
“His task is to proclaim the fulfilment of what God had revealed to the prophets of the past. The whole book is saturated with… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Theological meaning is thus written into the detail of John’s meticulous literary composition.” — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Phury glanced at John and thought that sometimes it took only a hairbreadth between cars to avoid a mortal accident. Sometimes your whole life… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“In thirty-five years of religious studies there are two insurmountable truths I have discovered. There is a God and I'm not him.” — Father Cavanaugh Movie RUDY Copy Share Image
“I did not think of myself as a detective; I was a student of theology, and I was to spend my life in exploration,… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“Instead, John emphasizes that Jesus is the Creator, the only begotten of the Father, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
“The Englishman's story seemed unlikely; there had to be a God. Who would have made everything otherwise?” — Donal Ryan Copy Share Image
“And here, though it makes an odd sound, yet it is necessary to say, that whoever professes himself a member of the Church of… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“If you get fired from your job, that’s outside your control, so you shouldn’t be personally invested in your job.” — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“It’s like what some Episcopalians say about themselves today: get four in a room and you’ll find five opinions.” — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“The Synoptics simply accept a Christological view that is different from Paul’s. They hold to exaltation Christologies, and Paul holds to an incarnation Christology.” — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“If Jesus really were equal with God from “the beginning,” before he came to earth, and he knew it, then surely the Synoptic Gospels… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“Moreover, this earlier tradition has a different view of Christ than the one that Paul explicates elsewhere in his surviving writings. Here, unlike in… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“Origen delved into theological areas that had not yet been examined by any of his predecessors in the faith .. Later theologians questioned his… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“Later orthodox theologians would have found this view completely inadequate. In stressing that the Father was “greater” than the Son, Tertullian articulated a view… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“What we think of as the twenty-seven books of “the” New Testament emerged out of these conflicts, and it was the side that won… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“Paul, by the way, never says that Jesus declared himself to be divine.” — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
I have such a fantastic life that I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude for it. . . . But I don't have anyone… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“similarity among all the speeches in Acts suggests that they were written by the same person—Luke.” — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“pastors don’t want to make waves; or they don’t think their congregations are “ready” to hear what scholars are saying;” — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
