Quotes about Scripture

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. Votes: 7

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them. Votes: 6

Our culture is so fixated on dying and going to heaven when the whole Scripture is about heaven coming to earth. Votes: 6

Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too. Votes: 6

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. Votes: 6

One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we have seen what priestcraft and fanaticism can do, and credulity believe. Votes: 6

Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou hast said.' The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child. Votes: 6

The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and make it come alive to us, to open our understanding. He left his Spirit with us until we join him in Heaven. Votes: 5

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Votes: 4

The history of every individual man should be a Bible. Votes: 4

Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light. Votes: 4

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture. Votes: 4

We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. Votes: 4

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts. Votes: 4

How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen. Votes: 4

The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart. Votes: 4

Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says. Votes: 4

A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. Votes: 4

The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero. Votes: 4

We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves. Votes: 4

So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun, An' gittin' Natur' for an ally. Votes: 4

And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require. Votes: 4

I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God. Votes: 4

I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue. Votes: 4

By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation. Votes: 4

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture. Votes: 4

You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91. Votes: 4

The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. Votes: 4

I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth. Votes: 4

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long. Votes: 4

Scripture is the thing I like to share with people more than anything. My prayer reality is quite kooky. I have this very unique dialogue with the Lord. I utilize my own sort of street vocabulary - nothing slang that would be unacceptable. Votes: 4

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. Votes: 4

A defining reality for me is what Scripture teaches in Hebrews 12, that God is our father, and that a sign that he loves us is that he disciplines us, he takes us through hardship to build character in us that could not be shaped apart from difficulty. Votes: 4

Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses from Scripture tonight. The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths and toxic thoughts. Votes: 4

God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship. Votes: 4

I have discovered a few things that help me when God seems silent... - Press in to God when you want to pull away. - Praise God out loud when you want to get lost in complaints. - Put yourself in the company of truth (reading Scriptures and surrounding yourself with positive, Godly people.) Votes: 4

Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention. Votes: 4

When the Scripture speaks, God speaks Votes: 3

Read the Scripture to renew your mind. Votes: 3

To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ. Votes: 3

Affirm the Scripture to revive your spirit. Votes: 3

Pray, read and mediate on the Scripture. Votes: 3

Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul. Votes: 3

If you cut him, (John Bunyan) he'd bleed Scripture! Votes: 3

He'd believe anything provided it's not in Holy Scripture. Votes: 3

The knowledge of the Holy Scripture is a great wisdom. Votes: 3

No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people. Votes: 3

The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture. Votes: 3

All Scripture is God-breathed and He doesn't waste His breath. Votes: 3

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. Votes: 3

Quoting Scripture texts is different than shaping a worldview around them." Votes: 3

Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child. Votes: 3

The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture. Votes: 3

The lives of the saints are the hermeneutical key to Scripture. Votes: 3

We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture. Votes: 3

What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning. Votes: 3

The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed. Votes: 3

Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity?. Votes: 3

Scripture is the royal scepter by which King Jesus rules his church Votes: 3

Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves. Votes: 3

All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof. Votes: 3

The Holy Spirit wants to convert the words of Scripture into transformed personalities. Votes: 3

I could never lead a Bible study; I don't know Scripture that well. Votes: 3

If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all. Votes: 3

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture. Votes: 3

Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way. Votes: 3

The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment. Votes: 3

I really believe the purpose of Scripture is to give us this authoritative handbook. Votes: 3

It is no exaggeration to say that without Scripture a Christian life is impossible. Votes: 3

Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. Votes: 3

The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it. Votes: 3

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it Votes: 3

I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony. Votes: 3

All of Scripture is for us but not all of Scripture is to us. Votes: 3

When you study in the Scripture, the Scripture clearly teaches we're not our own. Votes: 3

Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it Votes: 3

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council. Votes: 3

I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. Votes: 3

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason. Votes: 3

Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth. Votes: 3

Young children especially need the visual reinforcement of seeing you turn to Scripture for wisdom. Votes: 3

I suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get. Votes: 3

Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful. Votes: 3

The step of obedience always precedes revelation. That pattern is evident all through the Scripture. Votes: 3

Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore. Votes: 3

Scripture knows no other way to glory, but Christ put on and applied by faith. Votes: 3

More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure. Votes: 3

It's not comparing yourself with others who call themselves Christians. Compare yourself to the Scripture. Votes: 3

If there's no Scripture in the worship set, then it's not really a worship set. Votes: 3

It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense. Votes: 3

Scripture indicates that heaven is not distant but rather... heaven is near in another realm. Votes: 3

Science can neither prove nor disprove Scripture; it can hope only to begin to understand it. Votes: 3

If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false. Votes: 3

Pray, read and mediate on the Scripture. These spiritual deeds are the greatest acts to self-development Votes: 3

Scripture doesn't speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God. Votes: 3

The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it's meant also to be sung. Votes: 3

Faith in the self-attesting Christ of Scripture is the beginning, not the end result of wisdom. Votes: 3

We do not sit in authority over the Scripture, the Scripture sits in authority over us. Votes: 3

We come to Scripture not to learn a subject but to steep ourselves in a person. Votes: 3

Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original Votes: 3

We discover the will of God by a sensitive application of Scripture to our own lives. Votes: 3

All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity. Votes: 3

Nowhere in Scripture do we find doctrine studied for its own sake or in isolation from life. Votes: 3

Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go. Votes: 3

The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. Votes: 3

You can not understand "Scripture" without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees. Votes: 3

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. Votes: 3

All the distinctive features and superiority of our republican institutions are derived from the teachings of Scripture. Votes: 3

Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it. Votes: 3

Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading Votes: 3

Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship. Votes: 3

The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give. Votes: 3

Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered. Votes: 3

Both my study of Scripture and my career in entertaining children have taught me to cherish them. Votes: 3

The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity. Votes: 3

In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church. Votes: 3

For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God. Votes: 3

Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing Votes: 3

Scripture would not only solve the individual and family divisions, but it would also solve the ecclesiastical confusion. Votes: 3

No duty is more earnestly impressed upon us in Scripture than the duty of continual communion with Him. Votes: 3

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church. Votes: 3

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform... Votes: 3

If we venture beyond the pale of Scripture, we are...exposed to all the illusions of imagination and enthusiasm. Votes: 3

Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life. Votes: 3

All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life. Votes: 3

We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth. Votes: 3

Who are we? We're not perfect but we're not worthless. Scripture tells us that we're beautifully made, but broken. Votes: 3

The Holy Ghost is certainly the best preacher in the world, and the words of Scripture the best sermons. Votes: 3

When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping. Votes: 3

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs. Votes: 3

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God. Votes: 3

If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy. Votes: 3

When you think on the powerful truths of Scripture, God uses His Word to change your way of thinking. Votes: 3

A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace. Votes: 3

It is imperative that those who name the name of Christ would be instructed in the truth of Scripture. Votes: 3

Scripture speaks of a holiness which we have in Christ before God and a holiness which we must strive after. Votes: 3

Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological Votes: 3

The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact. Votes: 3

We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scripture's mandate to us is, "Weep with them that weep." (Romans 12:15, KJV) Votes: 3

If your creed and Scripture do not agree, cut your creed to pieces, but make it agree with this book. Votes: 3

We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture. Votes: 3

Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself. Votes: 3

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say. Votes: 3

To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word. Votes: 3

Though we claim to believe the whole of Scripture, in practice we frequently deny much of it by ignoring it. Votes: 3

Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to. Votes: 3

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted. Votes: 3

How does Satan mislead us? By misquoting Scripture. By leading us astray. By getting us to make excuses instead of repenting. Votes: 3

The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. Votes: 3

Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times. Votes: 3

Be constantly committed to prayer or to reading [Scripture]; by praying, you speak to God, in reading, God speaks to you. Votes: 3

Scripture states that it is the people of darkness who are supposed to be afraid of us, the carriers of light. Votes: 3

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ. Votes: 3

I really don't care too much what the different later Christian traditions say. My aim is to be faithful to Scripture. Votes: 3

All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. Votes: 3

Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith. Votes: 3

If you keep the law of God, you are not described in Scripture as a pinched legalist, but rather as happy (Prov. 29:18). Votes: 3

No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion. Votes: 3

Read the Scripture to renew your mind.Mediate on the Scripture to nourish your soul.Affirm the Scripture to revive your spirit Votes: 3

The wonders of nature call to you. The promises and prophecies of Scripture speak to you. God himself reaches out to you. Votes: 3

In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up. Votes: 3

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture. Votes: 3

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul. Votes: 3

Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going. Votes: 3

Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture Votes: 3

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God. Votes: 3

The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people. Votes: 3

Jesus died as He had lived-praying, forgiving, loving, sacrificing, trusting, quoting Scripture. If I die as I have lived, how will I die? Votes: 3

There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will. Votes: 3

Instead of dissecting Scripture, we need to let Scripture dissect us our thoughts and attitudes, our dreams and desires, our fears and hopes. Votes: 3

Scripture tells us that there will be signs pointing toward the return of the Lord. I believe all these signs are evident today. Votes: 3

Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries. Votes: 3

Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical worship. Votes: 3

We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture. Votes: 3

The picture of fallen man as given in Scripture is that he knows God but does not want to recognize Him as God. Votes: 3

It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith. Votes: 3

Some parts of the Bible are dreadful. In fact, my working title for The Sins of Scripture was "The Terrible Text of The Bible." Votes: 3

Misquotation is quotology's swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It's a mess we must wade into. Votes: 3

That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture. Votes: 3

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible. Votes: 3

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience. Votes: 3

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture. Votes: 3

The narratives of Scripture were not meant to describe our world ... but to change the world, including the one in which we now live. Votes: 3

The doctrine of the double motion of the earth about its axis and about the sun is false, and entirely contrary to Holy Scripture. Votes: 3

Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus. Votes: 3

A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil. Votes: 3

The fact that so little of the findings of modern science is prefigured in Scripture to my mind casts further doubt on it divine inspiration. Votes: 3

Listening to liberals invoke the sanctity of "science" to promote their crackpot ideas creates the same uneasy feeling as listening to Bill Clinton cite Scripture. Votes: 3

My aim has been to expound Scripture and to expound Scripture in such a way that I do not set one Scripture over against another. Votes: 3

The primary reason we lose faith is because we forget the faithfulness of God. Maybe that's why the word 'remember' is repeated 250 times in Scripture. Votes: 3

We don’t go to Scripture for permission to do what we think is best, but for direction to do what He says is best. Votes: 3

Beginning in 1962... the courts began to systematically secularize the nation, reflecting its view that God and the Scripture had no place in the public arena. Votes: 3

It's good that kids know the Scripture. It's best that they know the Scripture and get the concept. All I can say is, it's working. Votes: 3

If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it. Votes: 3

Quoting Scripture leads you to the fountain, but only if you plunge in and come up wet will I know that you are a Christian. Votes: 3

Scripture was given to the church, and theology is a necessary work of the church, by the church, in the church, and for the church. Votes: 3

But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known. Votes: 3

Some have argued that the Christian notion of Scripture is not epistemologically sustainable. It's not philosophically possible with rigor to uphold the Christian understanding of Scripture. Votes: 3

The question to ask is: do we view Scripture as stories to imaginatively live into or do we view Scripture as prescriptions for how to live? Votes: 3

No Scripture is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God's garden bloom not only double, but sevenfold; they are continually pouring forth fresh fragrance. Votes: 3

Scripture does not say that God is 'love, love, love' or that He is 'wrath, wrath, wrath,' but that He is 'holy, holy, holy.' Votes: 3

Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space. Votes: 3

In Scripture we read of two kinds of men-the spiritual man controlled by the Holy Spirit, and the "carnal" man who is ruled by his passions. Votes: 3

The most accomplished in the Scripture are fools, unless they acknowledge that they have need of God for their schoolmaster all the days of their life. Votes: 3

The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God's Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God. Votes: 3

The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will. Votes: 3

But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process. Votes: 3

Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. Votes: 3

Worship plays a major role in the Christian daily life. Throughout Scripture we see worship from David dancing before the Lord to Jesus rejoicing in the Spirit. Votes: 3

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God. Votes: 3

We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead. Votes: 3

Christ, who came meek and mild to save us from pain and suffering, was the One who talked more about hell than any other person in Scripture. Votes: 3

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God." Votes: 3

To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for having given it to you. Votes: 3

The Bible isn't a storybook with many heroes. No, there's only one hero in Scripture: the Son, the Lamb, the Savior, the King, the Redeemer - Jesus. Votes: 3

So you may look lightly upon a Scripture and see nothing; meditate often upon it, and there you shall see a light, like the light of the sun. Votes: 3

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. Votes: 3

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need. Votes: 3

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn. Votes: 3

All Sacred Scriptures is but one book, and that one book is Christ, because all divine Scripture speaks of Christ, and all divine Scripture is fulfilled in Christ. Votes: 3

It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the descendants of Adam. Votes: 3

The good news is the gospel of God, about Christ, according to Scripture, for the nations, unto the obedience of faith, and for the sake of the Name. Votes: 3

Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a way to read Scripture which is imaginative, interpretive. Votes: 3

The natural man "cannot see or discern that divine excellency in the Scripture, without an apprehension whereof no man can believe it aright to be the word of God." Votes: 3

I don't know why Christians keep fighting over which is better-singleness or marriage-when it seems rather obvious, both from Scripture and from Church history, that both can glorify God. Votes: 3

John Frame's magnificent work on the Christian life fully endorses the authority of Scripture and practically addresses the need to consider the situations and people involved in ethical decisions. Votes: 3

Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like. Votes: 3

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy, but as the Holy Scripture shows, it was the sun and not the earth which Joshua ordered to stand still. Votes: 3

The idea that all the words in Scripture are God's words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God. Votes: 3

God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways we think he should work. Votes: 3

Those who believe the Author of Nature to be also the Author of Scripture must expect to find in Scripture the same sorts of difficulties that they find in Nature. Votes: 3

Scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. As we do, may God hold close those who have been taken from us too soon. Votes: 3

For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture. Votes: 3

Nowhere in Scripture do I read where we are to discuss hospice care with seniors so they're willing to get out of the way and let younger folks live more expediently. Votes: 3

Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little. Votes: 3

It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal. Votes: 3

When the nature of the thing is incomprehensible, I can acquiesce in the Scripture: but when the signification of words is incomprehensible, I cannot acquiesce in the authority of a Schoolman. Votes: 3

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Votes: 3

God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture.... Votes: 3

That by the decrees and volitions, and consequently the providence of God, Scripture (as I will prove by Scriptural examples) means nothing but Nature's order following necessarily from her eternal laws. Votes: 3

When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we find indeterminate or purely mystical vocation. Votes: 3

Scripture is not a concept; scripture is a person (John 1:1,14). When you stand before the Word of God, you are not merely encountering a concept; you are standing face-to-face with God. Votes: 3

I just dove into the Scriptures and started memorizing different scriptures and started becoming as much as possible a part of the scripture. I wanted it to be grafted into my heart. Votes: 3

The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor. Votes: 3

My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first. Votes: 3

Most of the heroes of Scripture rose to their greatest victories after their worst mistakes. God is in the redemption business, and He testifies of this through the lives of everyone He calls. Votes: 3

The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth. Votes: 3

What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus' mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible. Votes: 3

I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair. Votes: 3

To meditate on Scripture is to allow the truth of God's Word to move from head to heart. It is to so dwell upon a truth that it becomes part of our being. Votes: 3

One of the reasons that Christians read Scripture repeatedly and carefully is to find out just how God works in Jesus Christ so that we can work in the name of Jesus Christ. Votes: 3

The last thing Scripture should do is make you blind in the world. Instead, you hear everything, see everything, and feel everything because everything just so happens to point right back to it. Votes: 3

God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation. Votes: 3

Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must devote ourselves to the reading, study, and meditation of His Word Votes: 3

Some people's theologies come across as blatantly wrong when weighed against what is revealed in Scripture. However God has mercy on those who may be wrong but genuinely seek understanding before seeking themselves. Votes: 3

At the end of the day, in brief summary: inerrancy is interested in the truthfulness of Scripture and it is a powerful way forcing people to think about that reliability that is God-given. Votes: 3

Does Scripture forbid homosexual behavior? Of course it does. Jesus and his apostles taught that God's intention in marriage is for a man to leave his parents and join himself to one woman. Votes: 3

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both. Votes: 3

The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into question the truthfulness of Scripture wherever Scripture is making truth claims. Votes: 3

Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst. Votes: 3

The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story. Votes: 3

Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal. Votes: 3

The statistics reveal a failure of nerve on the part of many Christians. They seem to be simply unable to muster the strength necessary to develop a tenacious commitment to the truthfulness of Scripture. Votes: 3

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all. Votes: 3

While the Christian message is increasingly becoming less acceptable in fashionable society, we must be always living according to Scripture and prepared to be apologists for Jesus Christ in all aspects of our lives. Votes: 3

Scripture is something God had ‘let be,’ and so it is at once God’s creation and the creation of the dozens of people and communities and cultures who produced it. Votes: 3

I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13, 1524 Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank. Votes: 3

I revere the fullness of His Scripture, in which He manifests to me both the Creator and creation. In the gospel moreover, I discover a Minister and Witness of the Creator, even His Word. Votes: 3

So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual. Votes: 3

The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God's Spirit. Votes: 3

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil. Votes: 3

Therefore, let God inspired Scripture decide between us; and on whichever side be found doctrines in harmony with the Word of God, in favor of that side will be cast the vote of truth Votes: 3

Scripture does what psychoanalysis can't do-it pierces the heart, penetrates deep into the soul and judges the motives. To see yourself in the light of Scripture, is to see yourself as you really are. Votes: 3

There's something beautiful about that Scripture that says, "Your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams" (Acts 2:17). We need each other. There is power when the old and young dream together. Votes: 3

Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction. Votes: 3

Scripture sees hell as self-chosen. . . Hell appears as God's gesture of respect for human choice. All receive what they actually chose. Either to be with God forever, worshipping Him, or without God forever, worshipping themselves. Votes: 3

So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves. Votes: 3

Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death. Votes: 3

All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture. Votes: 3

We've got at least two other streams of that are filled with good, helpful material on meditation - the Catholic stream and the Quaker stream that are not primarily based on meditating on the Scripture. Votes: 3

How does "Let go and let God" measure up against Scripture? Remember, the test isn't what sounds deep, what sounds holy, or even what makes sense to us. For the Christian, the test is Scripture. Votes: 3

When the honest, sincere Christian is faced with the decision regarding whether a thing is right or wrong, he should ask, does it agree with all that the Scripture has to say on the subject? Votes: 3

Holy Scripture is so exalted that there is no one in the world ... wise enough to understand it so fully that his intellect is not overcome by it. Nevertheless, man can stammer something about it. Votes: 3

Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well. Votes: 3

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Votes: 3

Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church. Votes: 3

The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture Votes: 3

We must unceasingly ask for [perseverance] by making use of the means which God has taught us for obtaining it: prayer, fasting, almsgiving, frequenting the sacraments, association with good companions, and hearing and reading Holy Scripture. Votes: 3

Scripture is our norming norm and tradition is our normed norm and that in a doctrinal controversy Scripture alone has absolute veto power while The Great Tradition (orthodox doctrine) has a vote but not a veto. Votes: 3

We must unceasingly ask for [perseverance] by making use of the means which God has taught us for obtaining it: prayer, fasting, almsgiving, frequenting the sacraments, association with good companions, and hearing and reading Holy Scripture." Votes: 3

As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the other; for the two are inseparably united in the representations of Scripture Votes: 3

We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes not so much a single effort to render this transition understandable Votes: 3

If you're anxious about the state of the world, that's understandable. But trade your anxiety for the blessing of hearing the words of Scripture, keeping them in faith and obedience, and remembering the time is near. Votes: 3

The doctrine of Scripture teaches us about the authority of God's Word. Scripture must be the final rule of faith and practice for our lives. Not our feelings or emotions. Not signs or prophetic words or hunches. Votes: 3

Understanding Scripture in a language other than the heart language in which we think and experience emotion is "like trying to eat soup with a fork. You can get a little taste, but you cannot get nourished. Votes: 3

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that. Votes: 3

The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it. Votes: 3

I began to pay attention to Scripture and meet people who walked the walk, and little by little, I guess you could call me a born again Christian. 1978 is when I found my walk with the Lord. Votes: 3

There are two very important things you need to realize from this verse of Scripture. The first one is: Whatever we must receive from God must come as an act of faith, because God is a Faith-God. Votes: 3

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christians resident therein composed but one body: Scripture is perfectly clear on that head. Votes: 3

The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us. Votes: 3

I am delighted if people find that kind of sustenance in novels, but perhaps it's because they don't read the Scripture that they are comparing it to, which would perhaps provide deeper sustenance than many contemporary novels. Votes: 3

Let it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness. Votes: 3

God's redemptive revelation in Scripture is necessary to saving faith and peace with God. Faith in a risen Savior is necessary if the vague stirrings toward immortality are to bring us to restful and satisfying communion with God. Votes: 3

Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake. Votes: 3

All the more vile is the stupidity of those persons who open heaven to all the impious and unbelieving without the grace of Him whom Scripture commonly teaches to be the only door whereby we enter into salvation. Votes: 3

Lots of the time, we just think of the Bible as history or life lessons or poetry or - unfortunately - a collection of 'thou shall' and 'thou shalt nots!' All those elements are part of Scripture. Votes: 3

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. Votes: 3

And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for "we speak to Him when we pray; we hear Him when we read the divine saying." Votes: 3

The Scripture stories do not, like Homer's, court our favor, they do not flatter us that they may please us and enchant us—they seek to subject us, and if we refuse to be subjected we are rebels. Votes: 3

While we have the freedom to share our love for God with Him and His people in our own language, let's make sure that what we are writing about is orthodox and embraces the "whole counsel of Scripture." Votes: 3

If we are perplexed by an apparent contradiction in Scripture, it is not allowable to say, 'The author of this book is mistaken'; but either the manuscript is faulty, or the translation is wrong, or you have not understood. Votes: 3

All the decisions you makehow many of those decisions are based on you doing simply what's right in your own eyes, and how many times specifically have you gone to Scripture looking for the answer, with regard to anything? Votes: 3

There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that tell us we must be committed to protecting the poor and the oppressed... There is no concern of Scripture that is addressed so often and so powerfully as reaching out to the poor. Votes: 3

We must stress that the basis for our faith is neither experience nor emotion but the truth as God has given it in verbalized, prepositional form in the Scripture and which we first of all apprehend with our minds. Votes: 3

The church as a whole has strayed quite far from biblical evangelism; that is, sharing the Gospel in the way that Jesus did, the way the Apostle Paul did, and the rest of the disciples and prophets in Scripture. Votes: 3

If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of Scripture, which they have miserably warped to their purpose, I regard them not, and even despise their rash judgement. Votes: 3

Scripture is, at its heart, the great story that we sing in order not just to learn it with our heads but to become part of it through and through, the story that in turn becomes part of us. Votes: 3

The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects; leavingthe world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their natural Reason. Votes: 3

Not all Scripture is propositional, some of it is asking questions, some of it's rhetorical, but where Scripture is stating something, asserting something, making a truth claim, uttering a proposition that is claiming to be true, it is the truth. Votes: 3

We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship: conservative in holding exclusively to God's commands in Scripture as our rule of worship, and liberal in defending the liberty of those who apply those. Votes: 3

I'm very eclectic, musically as in other things! But also to frame the hearing and knowing of Scripture within a context of worship, which is what Anglican liturgy does, just seems to me such a very complete and compelling thing. Votes: 3

Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have. Votes: 3

Nevada involved cattle, right? First of all, I thought the Lord owned the cattle on the thousand hills. What about the fact that even in early Scripture, the issue of water and forage rights is actually talked about by Abraham? Votes: 3

The New Testament is peppered with "one another" reminders. While Scripture says to love another, encourage one another, offer hospitality to one another, be kind to one another, many people are content tolerating one another, if not ignoring one another. Votes: 3

How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain. Votes: 3

I don't read Scripture and cling to no life precepts, except perhaps to Walter Cronkite's rules for old men, which he did not deliver over the air: Never trust a fart. Never pass up a drink. Never ignore an erection. Votes: 3

We do not wish to abolish teaching and to make every man his own master, but if the curates will not teach the gospel, the layman must have the Scripture, and read it for himself, taking God for his teacher. Votes: 3

And, anyway, no matter how much you may behave like the deaf adder of Scripture which, as you are doubtless aware, the more one piped, the less it danced, or words to that effect, I shall carry on as planned. Votes: 3

But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men! Votes: 3

There's all the difference in the world between humbly saying "I want to find more light from Scripture than we have yet had" and saying "I'm going to prove the rest of the Church wrong and do something totally new!" Votes: 3

Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and women who refused to use old age as an excuse to ignore what God wanted them to do. Votes: 3

Church of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let's be careful to preach the dos and don'ts of Scripture in the shadow of the cross's "˜Done!' Votes: 3

No insistence in the Scripture is more pressing than that we must pray...How clear it is, when the Bible is consulted, that the almighty God is brought directly into the things of this world by the prayers of His people. Votes: 3

In Scripture, faith involves placing trust in what you have reason to believe is true. Faith is not a blind, irrational leap into the dark. So faith and reason cooperate on a biblical view of faith. They are not intrinsically hostile. Votes: 3

Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven. Votes: 3

The concept of freedom in Scripture differs from modern notions. Freedom is not a life lived free of restraints but a life that recognizes healthy limits, those that are concern to produce prosperity and order for the person who observes them. Votes: 3

I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and assume that by understanding the Scriptures better, the Holy Spirit will bring to mind the right stories, the right teachings. Votes: 3

I've learned a simple principle: all I have to do is be the best 'me' that I can be. One day when I read the Scripture about David, that he fulfilled his purpose for his generation. I knew God spoke to me. Votes: 3

If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two millenia of Catholic thought, denying the teaching of several previous popes, and contradicting the teaching of Scripture. Votes: 3

The more I read, the more I see. Connections get made. Lights go on. God speaks. Often, when I am facing some difficult or puzzling situation, God reminds me of a Scripture passage I have read. And it makes all the difference. Votes: 3

...tis a dangerous thing to ingage the authority of Scripture in disputes about the Natural World, in opposition to Reason; lest Time, which brings all things to light, should discover that to be evidently false which we had made Scripture to assert. Votes: 3

When Scripture talks about the heart, it's not talking about that life-sustaining muscle. It's talking about our entire inner being. The heart is the seat of our emotions, the seat of decisive action, and the seat of belief (as well as doubt). Votes: 3

We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that's what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand. Votes: 3

The novel is a perfect medium for revealing to us the changing rainbow of our living relationships. The novel can help us to live,as nothing else can: no didactic Scripture, anyhow. If the novelist keeps his thumb out of the pan. Votes: 3

The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away. Votes: 3

I'm not. I don't "“ I don't dislike anybody. Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. But my faith is based on what I believe the scripture says, and that's the way I read the Scripture. Votes: 3

In order to find Jesus, every one of us needs direction. God gives it. The story of the wise men shows us how. The star sign was enough to lead the magi to Jerusalem. But it took Scripture to lead them to Jesus. Votes: 3

I thought that continence was a matter of our own strength, and I knew that I had not the strength: for in my utter foolishness I did not know the word of Your Scripture that none can be continent unless You give it. Votes: 3

The assurance of every truth of Scripture is just the beauty of it. First because He has promised to do it; and God's promises are bonds that never yet were dishonored. Secondly, because Christ Jesus hath taken an oath that He will do it. Votes: 3

That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it might be vulgarized and subjected to disrespect or be so misunderstood by people of limited intelligence as to lead them into error. Votes: 3

Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says in a certain place (Mk. 7:6), 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts is far from Me.' Votes: 3

The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better. Votes: 3

I think that ultimately we will attain much more depth of understanding of Scripture when we are able to study it in the company of a great number of scholars who all begin with the conviction that the Bible is completely true and absolutely authoritative. Votes: 3

God then does not profess to answer in Scripture all the questions that we, in our boundless curiosity, would like to ask about Scripture. He tells us merely as much as He sees we need to know as a basis for our life of faith. Votes: 3

The Word of truth teaches in the clearest and most positive terms that all of the dead will be raised. No doctrine of the faith rests upon a more literal and emphatic body of Scripture authority than this, nor is any more vital to Christianity. Votes: 3

Scripture paints men as they really are, hiding none of their blemishes or barbaric ways. The honesty of scripture is one of the reasons I knew that the Bible would be the place to go to learn what a real man should be and do. Votes: 3

Moreover, the whole purpose of God's mighty acts is to bring man to know Him by faith; and Scripture knows no foundation for faith but the spoken word of God, inviting our trust in Him on the basis of what He has done for us. Votes: 3

In Scripture the election of God ... does not come out of works but out of grace. God's electing plan prepares the way of salvation in which man learns that salvation is obtained only as a divine gift an never as an acquisiton because of good works. Votes: 3

Try all things by the written word, and let all bow down before it. You are in danger of [fanaticism] every hour, if you depart ever so little from Scripture; yea, or from the plain, literal meaning of an text, taken in connection with the context. Votes: 3

Clearly, the Scripture tells us that we lack the capacity to grasp God's infinite mind or the way He intervenes in our lives. How arrogant of us to think otherwise! Trying to analyze His omnipotence is like an amoeba attempting to comprehend the behavior of man. Votes: 3

Where Scripture speaks of the world's creation, it is not plainly said whether or when the angels were created; but if mention is made, it is implicit under the name of "heaven," when it is said, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Votes: 3

If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and that it is impossible for any man to obtain even the minutest portion of right and sound doctrine without being a disciple of Scripture. Votes: 3

Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped. Votes: 3

To say that God is an incorporeal substance, is to say in effect there is no God at all. What alleges he against it, but the School-divinity which I have already answered? Scripture he can bring none, because the word incorporeal is not found in Scripture. Votes: 3

We see, from almost every conceivable angle throughout the Scripture, that there is no doctrine more clearly taught than that it is God's will to heal all who have need of healing, and that they may fulfill the number of their days according to His promise. Votes: 3

When we encounter the world of ideas for the first time, we easily get overwhelmed. Scripture is telling us, 'Don't be distracted by the details. Cut to the core by asking, What is its idol?' Whatever functions as its God substitute will shape everything else. Votes: 3

The temptation is for us to share our own opinions, our own thoughts and to speak from the whole realm of possibility. We can't do that as pastors. We need to have a strong voice of conviction, and the way we can do that is through Scripture. Votes: 3

If I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem non materialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others as well. Votes: 3

...I'm hoping to know and teach a Gospel that is true to Scripture - and the Gospel that I see in the Bible is COSMIC (big enough to redeem all of Creation) and RELATIONAL (getting at the root of the Fall - the loss of our relational capacities)... Votes: 3

Many books in my library are now behind and beneath me. They were good in their way once, and so were the clothes I wore when I was ten years old; but I have outgrown them. Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years. Votes: 3

In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot understand too well, and what you understand well you cannot teach too well, and what you teach well you cannot live too well. Votes: 3

When you teach, you need to give the students incentives by grades or by other factors. I went to the Bible to find that topic in Scripture. I was shocked that after college and graduate school I had no idea that Jesus Christ had talked so much about rewards. Votes: 3

When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comfortable. Then I searched through Sacred Scripture for something saying I had to eat alone. I found nothing, so I gave it up and it's much better now. Votes: 3

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. Votes: 2

Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work. Votes: 2

The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that being unsatisfied in the thing, the Lord was pleased to bring this scripture out of the Hebrews. Votes: 2

Many things there be in the scripture, which have a carnal fulfilling, even there where they be spoken or done; and yet have another spiritual signification, to be fulfilled long after in Christ and his kingdom, and yet never known till the thing be done. Votes: 2

I grew up in the Methodist church and taught Sunday school, and one of my favorite passages of scripture is, 'in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' Matthew 25:40. Votes: 2

During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I literally spent hours each day reading God's word, meditating on scripture and praying. I intentionally spent a significant amount of time being still before God. Votes: 2

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. Votes: 2

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. Votes: 2

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death. Votes: 2

I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible. Votes: 2

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological. Votes: 2

I keep a lot of my old baseball hats, and if you look in the hats I've had since I started pitching, you'll see 'Philippians 4:13' written on the brim. That's the Scripture that gets me through the day because sometimes you can't do it all by yourself. You can't do it on your own, so you lean on Him. Votes: 2

When you are in church, it's always good to carry a pen and notepad to jot down the scripture text, reference scriptures, and sermon notes. When you come prepared with notepad and pen, you are able to feed off the scriptures from the sermon throughout the week, while asking God to open up your understanding for a deeper illumination of the word. Votes: 2

History - the devil's scripture Votes: 0

You don't read scripture, scripture reads you. Votes: 0

The cry for peace will increase according to scripture. Votes: 0

Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture.... Votes: 0

He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. Votes: 0

To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. Votes: 0

No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints. Votes: 0

Live it like its gospel , quote it like its scripture. Votes: 0

A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture. Votes: 0

I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin. Votes: 0

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. Votes: 0

Every step of progress means a duty repudiated, and a scripture torn up. Votes: 0

Every fool in error can find a passage of scripture to back him up Votes: 0

You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture. Votes: 0

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture. Votes: 0

I homeschool, so the start of the day is reading Bible scripture, memorization, and prayer. Votes: 0

The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience. Votes: 0

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full. Votes: 0

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy. Votes: 0

A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that does not weaken with the passage of time. Votes: 0

Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth. Votes: 0

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes the scripture. Votes: 0

Even Satan can quote scripture out of context why are we surprised when men do it. Votes: 0

Biblical counseling is listening to a person long enough until you hear a violation of scripture. Votes: 0

Sacred scripture is like a mirror in which we see God, although each in a different way. Votes: 0

What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields. Votes: 0

The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship. Votes: 0

Every morning as I read the scripture, every night, I quote the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. Votes: 0

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too. Votes: 0

The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication. Votes: 0

Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention! Votes: 0

If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author. Votes: 0

Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask. Votes: 0

We contend that ideas and/or practices may be scriptural as long as they are not condemned by scripture. Votes: 0

If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law. Votes: 0

Most assuredly Zen is a religion, but it is a religion without scripture, without doctrine or dogma and without sin. Votes: 0

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible. Votes: 0

The ancients wrote down the first scripture of choreography by observing in the night sky movements of the dancing stars. Votes: 0

We have a cunning adversary, who watches to do mischief, and will promote errors, even by the words of scripture. Votes: 0

Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. Votes: 0

People tell me judge not lest ye be judged. I always tell them, twist not scripture lest ye be like satan Votes: 0

The scripture teaches that he who now restrains will continue to do so until he is taken out of the way. Votes: 0

Worship songs can't just be rooted in culture - they won't be deep enough. They have to be rooted in scripture. Votes: 0

The moment you come to a passage of scripture and say, "Oh, I know this one already," you're in deep trouble. Votes: 0

My Lord told me a joke. And seeing Him laugh has done more for me than any scripture I will ever read. Votes: 0

God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like. Votes: 0

When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom. Votes: 0

The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

The only things that really need to be accomplished in the home are daily scripture study and prayer and weekly family home evening. Votes: 0

His small compliments and offhand remarks formed a new scripture, and in breathless conversations and lonely, dream-drunk nights they built whole theologies from them. Votes: 0

The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties. Votes: 0

The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life. Votes: 0

Vegans have a way of circling every conversation back to food, much like born-again Christians have a way of returning every conversation to the scripture. Votes: 0

Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas. Votes: 0

Truth is neither in the scripture nor in the words of prophets. It is in your heart, feel it, discover it and expand with it. Votes: 0

I always wondered if the good people who send us bibles really think that hookworm and hunger are healed by scripture? Our patients are illiterate. Votes: 0

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture. Votes: 0

Vegans have a way of circling every conversation back to food, much like born-again Christians have a way of returning every conversation to the scripture." Votes: 0

I have more wisdom than any books ever written in history of times, any scripture ever written which you rhyme but this is not my purpose. Votes: 0

The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture. Votes: 0

The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, which means the "Way of the Eternal," is the ancient scripture of Eckankar, the science of Soul Travel and total consciousness.Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad Book One Votes: 0

There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't. Votes: 0

My heart's scripture tastes foreign in the mouths of cowards and on the tongues of those who have never breathed inthe moon and breathed out the world. Votes: 0

I have tried and I cannot find, either in scripture or in history, a strong-willed individual whom God used greatly until He allowed them to be hurt deeply. Votes: 0

In Western culture, the 'miracles' referenced in scripture seem to have been relegated to the past as if to imply that they were reserved exclusively for certain historical periods. Votes: 0

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita...."Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. Votes: 0

Over the years I realized the damage fundamentalism did to my own spiritual and mental health. I've spend time recovering, studying scripture, sessions with a therapist, twelve step recovery. Votes: 0

You will be the same person ten years from now except for the books you read, the places you go, the people you meet, and the scripture you memorize. Votes: 0

Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide. Votes: 0

For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do. Votes: 0

Meditation on a passage of scripture... led a young boy into a grove of trees to commune with his heavenly Father. That is what opened the heavens in this dispensation Votes: 0

He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors. Votes: 0

I think any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity. Me trying to understand God is like an ant trying to understand the Internet. I don't have the brain capacity. Votes: 0

It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for many of the natural phenomena inspiring scripture and myths. Votes: 0

The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little. Votes: 0

The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really. Votes: 0

Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days. Votes: 0

The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization. Votes: 0

Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each act must be carried out in mindfulness. Votes: 0

There's a verse in the Bible says, 'In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' And what brings me peace is the scripture. Votes: 0

The scripture notion of truth is not an abstract, static, and timeless formula, but is something that comes true in time as the fulfillment of a divine promise. Truth happens in history. Votes: 0

It's totally freeing when I stay in tune with scripture. I don't have to worry if I miss a dive. I go into competition and it's like, "Praise God no matter what." Votes: 0

Christ wears "two shoes" in the world: scripture and nature. Both are necessary to understand the Lord, and at no stage can creation be seen as a separation of things from God. Votes: 0

I believe that to preach or to expound the scripture is to open up the inspired text with such faithfulness and sensitivity that God's voice is heard and His people obey Him Votes: 0

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics; it grows less and less so. Votes: 0

I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth... Votes: 0

Let us keep in mind that we do not have to go to the scriptures inorder to approach God. We do not have to find the right scripture inorder to talk to God". Votes: 0

Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15. Votes: 0

Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15." Votes: 0

Barth's approach tears up any possibility of dialogue between faith and unfaith or between theology and other human sciences. Theology just says what it says on the basis of scripture, and that's that. Votes: 0

Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself. Votes: 0

As no scripture is of private interpretation, so is there no feeling in a human heart which exists in that heart alone - which is not, in some form or degree, in every human heart.... Votes: 0

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance. Votes: 0

I have found it helpful to say a prayer asking to understand the scriptures when I read them. Then I ask, "What does Heavenly Father want me to learn from this scripture?" He always helps. Votes: 0

The hard-core Left loves ridiculing Christians who believe scripture that says, 'God created the heaven and the earth.' They say that it's anti-science to believe that an almighty God would do such a thing. Votes: 0

President Benson's mighty influence is felt in many ways. His timely and inspired counsel to read the precious Book of Mormon brought an added appreciation of this sacred scripture to all who followed his direction. Votes: 0

I don't believe my interpretation's inerrant. I don't believe anybody else's interpretation is inerrant, but I do believe the scripture is inerrant. I believe in the plenary, verbal plenary inspiration of scripture, without a doubt. Votes: 0