Quotes by Scripture 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. Maya Angelou scripture earth forever When biblical material touches on the natural world, we can legitimately use the tools of science. Sometimes that shows us - no shock here - that biblical writers didn't know as much as we now know about the natural world - but God knew that when he picked them, so that alone tells us that "doing science" that would satisfy a 21st century - and beyond - audience wasn't what God was interested in with respect to the enterprise of producing Scripture for posterity. Michael S. Heiser scripture biblical world Our contexts are foreign. They derive from church tradition that is thousands of years removed from the people who wrote Scripture and the audience to whom those people wrote. Michael S. Heiser scripture church people We like to pretend the core ideas of the faith are more palatable or workable within our modern rationalistic approach to Scripture than the stuff we want to call "too weird" because of our own intellectual sensibilities. The truth is they are not. So we come up with interpretations to eliminate the weirdness of the biblical worldview that makes us uncomfortable. Problem solved! Michael S. Heiser scripture biblical intellectual Live it like its gospel , quote it like its scripture. Mike Cooley scripture You don't read scripture, scripture reads you. Mike Glenn scripture It will greatly help you to understand scripture if you note - no only what is spoken and written, but of whom and to whom, with what words, at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what goes before and what follows. Myles Coverdale scripture biblical bible Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going. N. T. Wright scripture guides tradition 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. N. T. Wright aim scripture way Let the scriptures refresh you. Neal A. Maxwell scripture When one comes to know God and His Son Jesus Christ through the scriptures, the Spirit, and personal revelation, it is impossible to feel anything other than overwhelmed by the attributes so perfectly developed in them and so tentatively and superficially developed in oneself. Even so, we are told to strive to become like them. Neal A. Maxwell scripture son jesus How do you remain - steadfast and immovable during a trial of faith? You immerse yourself in the very thing that helped your core of faith: you exercise faith in Christ, you pray, you ponder the scriptures, you repent, you keep the commandments, and you serve others. Neil L. Andersen scripture trials exercise The scriptures offer us so many doctrinal diamonds. And when the light of the Spirit plays upon their several facets, they sparkle with celestial sense and illuminate the path we are to follow. Neal A. Maxwell scripture light play Why do [TEMPLES] beautify and shine? Because as the scriptures say, 'truth shineth,' and temples contain truth and eternal purpose; so do you. Neill F. Marriott scripture shining purpose The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience. Nicky Gumbel scripture christian jesus 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. Nicolaus Copernicus ignorant scripture judgement The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. Noah Webster scripture principles law The history of every individual man should be a Bible. Novalis scripture individual men I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love. Olivia de Havilland scripture tasks easter 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. Origen difficulty scripture believe «1112131415161718192021»
