Adjectives Quote by Rachel Held Evans

When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded word, we tend to ignore or downplay the…

— Rachel Held Evans

the Bible is used as a means of reinforcing their [women's] subordination to men through divine sanction.

— Letty M. Russell

The Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in…

— Jeff Sharlet

“The Bible is the weapon which enables us to join with our Lord on the offensive in defeating the spiritual hosts of wickedness. But…

— Francis A. Schaeffer

My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has been unjustifiably…

— Leland Ryken

“No scripture comes directly from God. They are collections of rules or values or both, that were shaped by the socio-economic conditions of a…

— Siddharth Katragadda

“Some take pains to be biblical, but many [Christian financial teachers, writers, investment counselors, and seminar leaders] simply parrot their secular colleagues. Other than…

— Randy Alcorn

There are surely many legitimate approaches to Biblical literature, and I think that it depends very much on one's experience and temperament which way…

— Frank Moore Cross

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”

— Robert J. Morgan

“Now I see the Bible as it was written: the inspired word of God, but also a historical document preserving the ancient hegemony of…

— Willie Parker

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

— Rigoberta Menchu

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer