“There's a scripture in the Book of James which says, 'Become a doer of the word and not a hearer only.' A hearer is someone who looks into a mirror, walks away, and quickly forgets what sort of person he is.” LooksPersonsBookWalksForgetMirrorsScriptureDoers Author:Terrence Howard
“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.” HumansPossibilityTearsApproachBasesScriptureTheologyDialogue Author:George Pattison
“Through reading the scriptures I realized there was a purpose for my life, that I was created for a reason, that I was significant, that it was my choices that got me to where I was at and that it would be my choices that would get me to where I wanted to be as well.” WellsReasonWould BeWantedPurposeChoicesReadingI RealizedScriptureSignificantReading The Scriptures Author:Christian Hosoi
“'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you would be communing directly with that information. As soon as you go into film, as soon as there's a camera, and there's an angle, and there's lighting, and there's editing, you're into the adaptation.” Would BeFilmCreativeInformationBalancePicksCamerasOneselfScriptureBiblicalEditingAngleAdaptationLighting Author:Joseph Fiennes
“So getting that balance between what is honoring scripture and the Word and also acknowledging the fact that by the virtue of putting it on film there's going to be a variation and adaptation, I mean, it's a fine dance and a balance. Our producers and directors have worked so hard to get that right and I'm really proud. I think it's a pretty good job.” ThinkingMeanHardFactsJobsFilmVirtueFineProudBalanceDirectorsScriptureProducersGood JobAdaptationVariation Author:Joseph Fiennes
“I can definitely make an argument for atheism. I was very educated in scripture and dogma and the church, particularly the Catholic Church. I could not possibly know that I disagreed with religion unless I knew what I was disagreeing with.” KnowsI CanChurchAtheismArgumentCatholicScriptureEducatedDogmaCatholic Church Author:Amber Heard
“We have to make a distinction between members of the Jewish community who sincerely are trying to follow the laws, statutes and commandments of God in their covenant relationship with Him, but among them are those who say they are Jews and they are not. And this is why the scripture refers to them as the Synagogue of Satan because their work is an evil work. They are doing exactly what Satan is supposed to do - which is to spread evil, not to contain evil to himself but to spread evil to others and make others deviate from the laws, statutes and commandments of God.” TryingLawEvilCommunityMembersJewSpreadScriptureSatanDistinctionCommandmentsSincerelyCovenantStatutesSynagogueDeviateJewish CommunityCommandments Of God Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Scripture is vast, and people can pick and choose what they emphasize, and so for hundreds of years verses that said that you are to welcome the stranger, that with Christ there's neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, we've broken down the dividing wall with the original church, where Christians were first called Christian was the church of Antioch in which for the first time you had Jews, Gentiles of all different ethnicities come together as one people. That's when they were called Christians.” PeopleYearsFirstsSaidDifferentChristianTogetherChristChurchBrokenWallPicksFirst TimeFemaleOriginalsMalesJewStrangerScriptureWelcomeGreekVersesEthnicityDividingBroken DownGentilesTogether As OneAntioch Author:Michael Emerson
“So these are the kind of things that now when people are trying to move towards multiracial congregations that they're stressing. They're talking about these scriptures that say we ought to come together, and that at Pentecost, when that the Holy Spirit is said to have come upon the first Christians, they were given the ability to speak in different languages, and so that no matter who the people were, they could all worship together.” PeopleTryingFirstsKindSaidDifferentMatterChristianTogetherMovingSpiritSpeakLanguageGivenAbilityTalkingOughtHolyWorshipStressScriptureHoly SpiritCongregationMultiracialPentecostDifferent LanguagesAbility To Speak Author:Michael Emerson
“We need to acknowledge that there is a real issue with how the Scriptures are being interpreted. Whenever I am told that terrorists are not Muslim, I systematically reply that they actually are, and they cannot be marginalised, the same way they are marginalising other Muslim people. Scriptures are quoted even though their interpretations are twisted. In the face of misinterpretation the only way out would be using another interpretation of the Scriptures.” PeopleWayNeedsRealWould BeFacesIssuesScriptureTerroristAcknowledgeInterpretationTwistedMisinterpretation Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I say to people that means Mexicans and Canadians are a bit at risk if we want to be literal about the Bible.” PeopleIfsWantShouldMeanBitsRiskOkayFellowsJewNeighborScriptureLiteralHebrew Author:John Shelby Spong
“In my book, The Sins of Scripture, I traced the development of tribal religion, which included ideas like God's killing the Egyptians because they hated the chosen people. Then a God of love finally appears in the Book of Hosea, about the 8th century. A God of justice appears in the Book of Amos in the late 8th century or early 7th century.” PeopleBookIdeasJusticeSinCenturyDevelopmentLateKillingScriptureChosenHated Author:John Shelby Spong
“Some parts of the Bible are dreadful. In fact, my working title for The Sins of Scripture was "The Terrible Text of The Bible."” FactsSinTerribleScriptureTitles Author:John Shelby Spong
“The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people.” PeopleTogetherSinInterestingScriptureTitlesJars Author:John Shelby Spong
“Just the same as I mix each track to connect them together to build a story, it's the same with the message, each scripture and passage is building up a story and a testimony in a way that's going to connect with people.” PeopleWayStoriesTogetherBuildingMessagesTrackScripturePassagesTestimonyBuilding Up Author:Robert Hood
“We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.” YearsNightVoiceSilencePiecesHeardCryBrokenBabyPaperPagesScriptureProphetTestamentNew TestamentOld TestamentOne PieceMatthew Author:Louie Giglio
“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.” YearsSpiritualMy OwnStepsStudyMental HealthI RealizedScriptureRecoveryDamageTwelveFundamentalismEnd TimesSessionSpend TimeTherapistsRecovering Author:Richard Rossi
“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.” MenNeedsDreamTogetherBeautifulYoungVisionScriptureYoung ManOld ManSomething BeautifulWe Need Each OtherDream Act Author:Shane Claiborne
“I notice that when I feel the most disconnected, once I'm done blaming the moon and everything else, I can see that I am so mired in identification with form and ego and story and identity, and that if I want to, I can read some scripture or read some spiritual book or pray or meditate or sit in the sun or hang around the birds and the dogs, and get a real objective sense of what's really going on here. That usually softens things.” IfsWantFeelsI CanBookRealDoneStoriesSpiritualFormSunDogIdentityPrayingMoonEgoBirdBlameScriptureObjectivesIdentificationDisconnectedI Can Read Author:Alanis Morissette
“I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other.” ThinkingStillsCountryHouseChurchAbilityMy FavoriteScripturePreacherPottersJakeChurch Service Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Yoga is more a state than a methodology. A state where there is nothing missing. You don't feel like you have to grab this or grab that in order to be complete or full. From wringing out the body and the mind, from sitting in meditation, from studying scripture, from selfless service.” FeelsMindStatesBodyOrderStudyMeditationMissingLike YouYogaSittingScriptureSelflessSelfless ServiceMethodology Author:Colleen Saidman
“The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé, while others say that the present configuration of the doctrine of inerrancy is a late addition. And to both we want to say, No we're talking about the enduring authority of Scripture, grounded first and foremost in its relevatory status, something given by God and utterly reliable.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsFactsGivenTalkingAuthorityLateEndureNotionScriptureDoctrineGroundedConfiguration Author:D. A. Carson
“In every generation there are voices that question the authority of Scripture. So in one sense this is merely part of the continuing stream. But there's a sense in which the questions that are raised against Scripture vary a wee bit from generation to generation.” BitsVoiceGenerationsAuthorityRaisedScriptureStreamsContinuingVary Author:D. A. Carson
“When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it's mediated through many different human authors, nevertheless is God breathed and is revealed by God and is utterly reliable and all that it says, with all of its different literary genres, it's trustworthy and without mistake or distortion. It is trustworthy and therefore, because it is from God it has God's authority.” BelieveHumansDifferentChristianSpeakMistakeAuthorityScriptureGenreNeverthelessTrustworthyDistortionLiterary Genre Author:D. A. Carson
“We want to fan the flames of Christians for whom inerrancy and the authority of Scripture are not mere shibboleths, but part of her life beat, part of the beating heart of what makes them tick. They revere Scripture, not because Scripture becomes an idol, but because it discloses God who is especially come after us in salvation and redemption through the person of his son, his cross, his resurrection, the full sweep of the gospel.” WantHeartPersonsChristianFansSonAuthorityBeatsCrossesSalvationMereScriptureRedemptionFlamesIdolsResurrectionTick Author:D. A. Carson
“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.” ChristianUnderstandingNotionScriptureRigor Author:D. A. Carson
“In terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the politically correct answer on a wide range of subjects, whether it's homosexual marriage, or a certain view of government, or a certain view of eschatology or whatever. At the end of the day we want also to encourage the kind of reverent handling of Scripture that wants to be corrected by Scripture, that is more eager to be mastered by Scripture then to master it.” PeopleWorldWantTryingKindEndsGovernmentTodayCertainTermAnswersViewsSubjectsMastersWideScriptureRangeThe End Of The DayHomosexualPolitically CorrectToday's WorldEschatologyHomosexual Marriage Author:D. A. Carson
“The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.” ScriptureDoctrineTestamentNew Testament Author:D. A. Carson
“The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on the climactic revelation in the son, but this in self-conscious fulfillment of the promises and covenants that were already made to God's chosen people in Old Testament times.” PeopleThinkingWritingMadeSelfSonPromiseConsciousInspiredScriptureChosenFulfillmentRevelationsTestamentNew TestamentSelf ConsciousCovenantOld TestamentArticulationFlushing Author:D. A. Carson
“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.” WayMatterClaimsErrorsScriptureTruthfulness Author:D. A. Carson
“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.” ClaimsAskingScriptureBeing TruePropositionsAsking QuestionsRhetorical Author:D. A. Carson
“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.” PeopleThinkingWayEndsGivenPowerfulScriptureThe End Of The DayTruthfulnessReliabilitySummary Author:D. A. Carson
“I suspect that relatively few people will sit down and read 1250 pages [ of The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures.] all the way through from cover to cover. There may be some, but not everybody. But there are many, many, many different Christian, theological, pastoral, specialisms that are covered by one section or another of the book and this will become, therefore, a resource volume for many people.” PeopleWayMayBookDifferentChristianAuthorityPagesResourcesDown AndEndureScriptureSuspectsCoveredVolumeSectionsTheological Author:D. A. Carson
“There God tells us exactly what is going to happen and scripture tells us that there is going to come a world leader who will initially bring overtures of peace. He will help the Jewish people rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. He will have a new economic system where you don't buy or sell without his mark. Initially, for some, it will look like a good deal because there will be peace, as I said.” PeopleWorldLooksSaidHelpingHappensDealsLeaderEconomicMarkSellsScriptureTemplesJerusalemEconomic SystemsWorld Leader Author:Greg Laurie
“The scripture teaches that he who now restrains will continue to do so until he is taken out of the way.” WayTeachTakenScripture Author:Greg Laurie
“This scripture [Romans 13:1-6] is wrested from the scope of God's Spirit, and the nature of the place, and cannot truly be interpreted to mean that the power of the civil magistrate may be exercised in spiritual or soul matters.” MayMeanSoulMatterSpiritualSpiritScriptureScopeMagistrates Author:Roger Williams
“Humility is essential to the acquiring of spiritual knowledge. To be humble is to be teachable. Humility permits you to be tutored by the Spirit and to be taught from sources inspired by the Lord, such as the scriptures. The seeds of personal growth and understanding germinate and flourish in the fertile soil of humility. Their fruit is spiritual knowledge to guide you here and hereafter.” SpiritualSpiritUnderstandingGrowthLordHumilityTaughtSourceEssentialsPersonal GrowthFruitInspiredHumbleSeedsGuidesScriptureSoilPermitHereafterBe HumbleFertileSpiritual KnowledgeTeachableFertile Soil Author:Richard G. Scott
“The last foundation for any doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us substantially as they were written has now been removed.” LastsDoubtWrittenFoundationScripture Author:Frederic G. Kenyon
“[People who have left the ISIS] say that there comes a moment when the inconsistencies and apparent hypocrisies of their sheikh lets them down, and they begin rereading scripture and find ways that vouch for a nonliteralist reading of the Koran.” PeopleWayMomentsReadingLeftDown AndScriptureHypocrisyIsisInconsistencyRereading Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“Both Kant and Fichte thought of traditions of revealed religion as ways of symbolically (that is, with aesthetic emotional power) thinking about our moral condition. Both thought that religion would become more and not less powerful, emotionally and morally, if the claims of scriptures and religious teachings were taken symbolically rather than literally (whatever 'literally' might mean in the case of claims that are either nonsensical or outdated or historically unsupportable if taken as metaphysical or historical assertions).” IfsThinkingWayMeanMightReligiousPowerfulMoralCasesTakenTeachingConditionsEmotionalTraditionClaimsHistoricalScriptureAestheticMetaphysicalAssertionOutdatedNonsensicalEmotional Power Author:Allen W. Wood
“When you study in the Scripture, the Scripture clearly teaches we're not our own.” TeachStudyScripture Author:Bill Bright
“Every morning as I read the scripture, every night, I quote the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule.” NightMorningTenScriptureGoldenEvery NightEvery MorningCommandmentsGolden RuleTen Commandments Author:Bill Bright
“It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.” MindHeartFeltMy HeartStrongerScriptureFrustration Author:Jennifer Rothschild
“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.” ThinkingLessonsElementsScriptureCollectionsLife Lesson Author:Jennifer Rothschild
“Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life.” TryingSometimesTeachScripture Author:Jennifer Rothschild
“I really believe the purpose of Scripture is to give us this authoritative handbook.” GivingBelievePurposeScripture Author:Max Lucado
“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.” WayNeedsWholeSpeakStrongVoiceCan DoOpinionSharePossibilityConvictionScriptureTemptationRealmsPastorRealm Of Possibility Author:Max Lucado
“People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they need a new vision of the Scriptures.” PeopleNeedsVisionInspiredScriptureNew Vision Author:David Kim
“The Bible reminds people that the whole of Scriptures addresses the whole of our lives, including our work. We need to be reminded of this every time we open the Bible, so that we experience the hope and power of the gospel in our work every day.” PeopleNeedsWholeOur LivesIncludingScriptureAddresses Author:David Kim
“One reason why people find applying the Bible to work so difficult is that the world of Scriptures seems so distant from our modern world today. Many established realities we encounter daily, like non-profit and for-profit corporations, did not exist in the ancient world.” PeopleWorldReasonRealitySeemsTodayDifficultModernAncientProfitScriptureCorporationsReason WhyEncountersModern WorldWorld TodayNon ProfitAncient World Author:David Kim