“The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person. This is surely what Jesus means when he talks about the one who has being given more and those who have not losing what little they have.” MeanLittlesPersonsSpiritualJesusGivenPowerfulGreaterLosingScriptureFearfulEgocentricMisusedLoving PersonGreater Love Author:Richard Rohr
“There is one passage in the Scriptures to which all the potentates of Europe seem to have given their unanimous assent and approbation...."There went out a decree in the days of Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed."” WorldShouldSeemsGivenAtheismEuropePositive AtheismScripturePassagesDecreeAugustusAugustus Caesar Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“The Scripture says that He, the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with His train; I do not know who they were, unless His wives and children; but at any rate they filled the Temple, and how many there were who could not get into the Temple I cannot say. This is the account given by Isaiah, whether he told the truth or not I leave every body to judge for himself.” KnowsChildrenBodyGivenLordWifeJudgingWalkingAccountsFilledTrainRateScriptureTemplesPolygamy Author:Brigham Young
“Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it.” GivenPromiseScriptureGods WillTemptationRemove Author:Garrison Keillor
“No, the Scriptures were not given to us to confuse us but rather to instruct us. Certainly God intends that we should believe His Word with all simplicity. A thousand years means a thousand years; a wolf means a wolf; a lion means a lion. If you read your Bible that way, a child can understand it.” IfsWayShouldYearsBelieveMeanChildrenGivenThousandSimplicityScriptureLionsThousand Years Author:M. R. DeHaan
“Be ever gentle with the children God has given you; watch over them constantly; reprove them earnestly, but not in anger. In the forcible language of Scripture, "Be not bitter against them." "Yes, they are good boys," I once heard a kind father say. "I talk to them very much, but do not like to beat my, children--the world will beat them." It was a beautiful thought not elegantly expressed.” WorldKindChildrenBeautifulFatherLanguageGivenBoysWatchesHeardBeatsScriptureBitterGentleMy ChildrenGood BoyBeautiful Thoughts Author:Elihu Burritt
“Many there are who, not comprehending, not being affected with, that divine, spiritual description of the person of Christ which is given us by the Holy Ghost in the Scripture, do feign unto themselves false representations of him by images and pictures, so as to excite carnal and corrupt affections in their minds. By the help of their outward senses, they reflect on their imaginations the shape of a human body, cast into postures and circumstances dolorous or triumphant; and so, by the working of their fancy, raise a commotion of mind in themselves, which they suppose to be love unto Christ.” MindHumansPersonsHelpingBodySpiritualGivenChristImaginationDivineCircumstancesHolyShapesRaisesCastsAffectionScriptureSensesGhostFancyDescriptionAffectedRepresentationHuman BodyHoly GhostPostureTriumphantComprehending Book:The Person of Christ Source: The Person of Christ
“Catholicism is the big house of Christianity. It's got many, many rooms in it. And I've always been attracted to the rooms which are to do with prayer. The mystical strain is the strain whereby the whole day can be given over to prayer through what we call lectio divina, prayerful reading of Scripture, through practice of meditation of when one uses the imagination and the intellect with respect to images, and then finally, and most difficult of all, contemplation, where one empties the mind of all images and all ideas, all concepts, in order to be completely attentive to God.” MindIdeasWholeUseBigsOrderReadingHouseGivenDifficultImaginationPrayerRoomsChristianityPracticeMeditationConceptsIntellectScriptureContemplationCatholicismMysticalStrainPrayerfulBig Houses Author:Kevin Hart
“All the passages in the Holy Scriptures that mention assistance are they that do away with "free-will", and these are countless...For grace is needed, and the help of grace is given, because "free-will" can do nothing.” HelpingGivenCan DoGraceNeededHolyScriptureFree WillPassagesAssistanceHoly Scriptures Author:Martin Luther
“Furthermore, consider that as one of its most important purposes, stewardship of creation should sustain nature's worshiping capacity. The more I reflect on Scriptures and the more I sense how God thrills to the adoration He receives from all that He has created, the more I realize He has given us the awesome responsibility of caring for His creation so that it can go on praising Him until the end of time.” ShouldImportantEndsPurposeGivenRealizingResponsibilityCreationGoes OnCapacityPraiseEnvironmentalCaringScriptureEnd TimesStewardshipAdoration Author:Tony Campolo