Quotes by Old Testament Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He's wrathful, but at other times, He's incredibly compassionate. He's not a one-dimensional figure at all. A. J. Jacobs compassionatefiguresold-testament One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder. A. J. Jacobs evolveold-testamentinteresting The best models of English writing are Shakespeare and the Old Testament. Aleister Crowley modelsold-testamentwriting We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected. Alistair Begg scriptureold-testamentchrist The Old Testament is full of poetry, prophecies, chronicles, documentations, storytelling, fairytales. Amos Oz documentationfairytaleold-testament This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy - if there were anyone to be blasphemed - blacker and more insolent than any word ever written or penned by the most hotheaded Freethinker. Annie Besant errorsold-testamentlaw The Quran is many different things, and we also have to see the Quran almost as a secondary source commenting on the Old Testament. Ayad Akhtar old-testamentdifferent Had it been in the Old Testament Harry Potter would have been put to death. Becky Fischer pottershas-beensold-testament Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New. Benjamin Whichcote denominationsold-testamentbelief When I was a teenager, I read the bible cover-to-cover, and I found the Old Testament, it's a pretty bloody history book. Billy Bob Thornton teenagerold-testamentbook That the women of the Old Testament were dressed with oriental richness there is no doubt, nor are they censured for so arraying themselves. Charlotte Mary Yonge richnessold-testamentdoubt Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods. David Harsanyi perilold-testamentpeople Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible. Desmond Tutu wifefiguresold-testament I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets." Desmond Tutu prophetold-testamentinspiration This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes. Elizabeth I old-testamenteyelord If Moses is our lawgiver [Old Testament prophet given laws by God] at this time let us obey him, not in part only, but wholly, and put every Sabbath breaker, blasphemer, and adulterer to death. Gerald Heaney death-penaltyold-testamentlaw The New Testament is not new anymore' it's thousands of years old. It's time to start calling it the Less Old Testament. George Carlin old-testamentcallingyears The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil. Joni Mitchell depictionold-testamentevil There is a God inside my PC. An Old-Testament God with lots of arbitrary rules and utterly no mercy. Joseph Campbell arbitraryold-testamentmercy Do you not know that the God of the Old Testament orders the Jews to consume and enslave the peoples of the earth? Julius Streicher old-testamentearthorder123»
