Bible Quote by Karl Barth Download Open image “I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.” — Karl Barth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bible
Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight. — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Logically, taking Scripture seriously means being passionately concerned about interpreting it correctly and thus welcoming any evidence that exposes erroneous understandings of the biblical… — Hugh Ross Copy Share Image
People take things too literal in the Bible and it's totally wrong. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
“The bible when taken metaphorically, provides us the truth about god; but when taken literally, the bible provides as the truth about man.” — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
“The Bible is not absurd for the people who wrote it; it becomes absurd when people in our day insist on taking it literally.… — Robert Alley Copy Share Image
There is no way that you can read the entire Bible seriously and take every word literally. Contradictions start in the first chapter of… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Many Christians, including BioLogos, like to throw out the "you can't take the Bible literally" argument. They think it is the ultimate zinger that… — G.M. Jackson Copy Share Image
If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“Godlessness is not… a possibility, but an ontological impossibility for man. Man is not without, but with God. This is not to say, of… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“Holy Communion is offered to all, as surely as the living Jesus Christ is for all, as surely as all of us are not… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth - in the depth of human… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can… — Karl Barth 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
