Bible Quote by John Owen Download Open image “If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.” — John Owen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bible Funny Ifs Inspirational Love Purpose Scripture
The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Until you decide what something means, it has no meaning at all. You determine what something means. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand. — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life is loved,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which appear to… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Not all words fit into their meanings. Sometimes, what is said is not what is meant and what is meant is left unsaid — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It… — Howard G. Hendricks Copy Share Image
God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever. — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. — John Owen 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
