Abyss Quote by Ernest Hello

“The Bible is layered, incredibly complex, and yet perfectly simple. But your heart has to be open to truly "read" it.”

— Emily Colson

The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

This book (the Bible) is not hard to understand. It's just hard to swallow.

— Steve Lawson

The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.

— Marilynne Robinson

“In the deepest sense, the Bible is not meant to be interpreted, but rather revealed!”

— Eli Of Kittim

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic…

— Jon Meacham

In a word, the Holy Scripture is the highest and best of books, abounding in comfort under all afflictions and trials. It teaches us…

— Martin Luther

The Bible is shallow enough for a new believer to wade in, but deep enough for a theologian to drown in.

— Steven J Lawson

The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.

— Thomas Paine

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

— G. C. Berkouwer

“If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in darkness.”

— Martin Luther

I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.

— Anne Lamott