Bible Quote by Marilynne Robinson Download Open image “If you had to summarize the Old Testament, the summary would be: stop doing this to yourselves.” — Marilynne Robinson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bible Ifs Old testament Summary Testament Would be
“In Old Testament narratives one should see what the segment is saying about God and then see how the characters in the narrative relate… — Peter A. Lillback Copy Share Image
“[T]he Old Testament, [...] if considered as a general rule of conduct, would lead to consequences destructive of all principles of humanity and morality.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
“If we could summarize all, or almost all, of the New Testament letters, we would not be too far off the mark to say… — David A. Fiensy Copy Share Image
“Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: For wither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“don’t make the mistake of skipping the Old Testament. It’s the core of all religion, I” — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“We can always be sure of one thing—that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those who wish to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you. — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“The New testament commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each other,… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“Everyone will have noticed how the Old Testament seems at times to ignore our conception of the individual.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Read the New Testament, and observe what Christ says, and how he acts-make his world your rule, and his conduct your example.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Therefore, observe the words of this covenant and follow them, so that you will succeed in everything you do. Deuteronomy 29:9” — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“But I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
For our purposes as human beings, the mind is the center of everything. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“I think sometimes there might be an advantage in making people aware how worn and stale these old transgressions are. It might take some… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
My Calvinism persuades me that we are open to God, in the sense that we are not delimited, not organisms with fixed attributes in… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his father, or his… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Every writer I know, when asked how to become a writer, responds with one word:Read.” — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Faith for her was habit and family loyalty, a reverence for the Bible which was also literary, admiration for her mother and father. And… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.’ There are pleasures to be found where you… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I sometimes am discouraged by what seems to be a sort of conventional disparagement of humankind. I think often people feel that they are… — Marilynne Robinson 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