Any Quote by Samuel Hopkins

How can the Bible be "infallible" when from Genesis to Revelation slavery is commanded and condoned, but never condemned?

— Michael R. Burch

However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.

— Samuel Hopkins

In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the…

— Samuel Hopkins

“Slavery and the Bible? First Corinthians 7:21 told slaves to take the opportunity to be free. Let me put forth that God commanded the…

— Gina Turner

“The slavery debate alerts us to self-justifying tendencies at work in how we use the Bible. Whenever our interpretation leads to injustice, oppression, or…

— Alice Mathews

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

— Desmond Tutu

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.

— Dan Savage

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.

— Matt Chandler

The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.

— R. C. Sproul

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads during the Civil War and justified it.

— Dan Savage

Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The person who refuses to be the servant of his Creator will be the slave of thousands

— Sultan