“You might prove doctrine from the Bible till doomsday, and it would merely convince a people, but would not convert them. You might read the Bible from Genesis to Revelations, and prove every iota that you advance, and that alone would have no converting influence upon the people. Nothing short of a testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost would bring light and knowledge to them -- bring them in their hearts to repentance. Nothing short of that would ever do.” PeopleHeartLightMightInfluenceHolyProveGhostDoctrineRevelationsConvinceRepentanceTestimonyGenesisHoly GhostConvertingDoomsdayLight And Knowledge Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“The idea of a hell that involves some kind of eternal punishment at the hands of a just and holy God is so profoundly difficult for us to handle emotionally, that the only person who would have enough authority to convince us of the reality of such a place would be Jesus Himself.” KindPersonsIdeasEnoughHandsRealityWould BeJesusDifficultHellHolyAuthorityEternalPunishmentHandleConvinceConvince UsHoly God Author:John Gerstner
“I know that with consecration on the part of believers, separation from the world, disentanglement from enslaving sins, and a mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit, the church would become a conquering power in the world, not by its constructed theology, not by its Sabbath services, not by its arguments to convince the intellect, but by its simple story of Jesus' love, by the Cross, the Cross--God's hammer, God's fire.” KnowsWorldStoriesSpiritJesusChurchSinSimpleFireHolyArgumentCrossesIntellectBelieverSeparationTheologyConquerHoly SpiritConvinceHammersBaptismSabbathJesus LoveConsecration Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention - of barbarian invention - is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition - then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity.” ThinkingHumansHeartPersonsBookMomentsSeemsEyeFormBrainIgnoranceHolyGoodnessInfiniteInventionPurityReasonableConvinceReverenceSuperstitionsThronesAmazedPhantomsAtrocitiesBarbariansHoly BibleBandagesHuman Inventions Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“To put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.” EnoughUnitedPracticeTeachingHolyConvince Author:Alphonsus Liguori
“I am inclined to think that the authority of Holy Scripture is intended to convince men of those truths which are necessary for their salvation, which, being far above man's understanding, can not be made credible by any learning, or any other means than revelation by the Holy Spirit.” ThinkingMenMeanMadeSpiritUnderstandingHolyAuthoritySalvationScriptureHoly SpiritRevelationsConvinceCan NotCredibleHoly Scriptures Author:Galileo Galilei
“There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.” WellsPoliticalPoliticsHolyConvinceMistakenZealPersuading Author:Junius
“In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal [Walter] Kasper, because he was chosen, elected by Aachen to convince me. And I said yes, but in the Vatican. And I said I offer it for Europe, as a co-decoration for Europe, a prize so that Europe may do what I desired at Strasburg; that it may no longer be "grandmother Europe" but "mother Europe."” MaySaidMotherCasesHolyOffersEuropeConvincedChosenConvinceGrandmotherPrizeTheologicalCardinalsDecoration Author:Pope Francis
“I am not out to liberate anybody. You have to liberate yourself, and you are unable to do that. What I have to say will not do it. I am only interested in describing this state, in clearing away the occultation and mystification in which those people in the 'holy business' have shrouded the whole thing. Maybe I can convince you not to waste a lot of time and energy, looking for a state which does not exist except in your imagination.” PeopleDoeI CanStatesWholeEnergyImaginationHolyWasteConvinceDescribingTime And EnergyClearing Author:U.G. Krishnamurti