Sacrifice Quote by Ken Follett

“The point of the Abraham-and-Isaac story isn’t that you should sacrifice your kid but that you can leave behind any notion of a god…

— Rob Bell

“God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son on an altar much like this one, to see who it was that Abraham loved more, Isaac…

— Cassandra Clare

But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.

— Ken Follett

“Abraham came not to sacrifice, but to know once and for all whether this God was a god to be trusted and obeyed. No…

— Dan Simmons

“The willingness to sacrifice that springs from a loving heart rather than the desire for spiritual distinction is surely acceptable to God. But, as…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“suddenly understood perfectly why Abraham had agreed to sacrifice Isaac, his son, when the Lord commanded him to do so. It was not obedience.…

— Dan Simmons

“For in Abraham man had learned beforehand, and had been accustomed to follow the Word of God. For Abraham, according to his faith, followed…

— The Church Fathers

“The story is like the other stories about gods demanding acts of devotion and obedience. Gods who are never satisfied. The first audience for…

— Rob Bell

“Picture for a moment the scene of a son carrying wood up a hill. He is about to make the greatest sacrifice he can…

— Toni Sorenson

“If Abraham actually had sacrificed Isaac, would he therefore have been less justified?”

— Søren Kierkegaard

“When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself? At best he…

— W. Somerset Maugham

He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.

— Saint Patrick