Quotes by Scripture What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning. Elie Wiesel scripture teaching mean Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered. Ephrem the Syrian paradise scripture mind The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story. Erwin McManus scripture christian stories When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves. Eugene H. Peterson scripture plot stories You know the Scripture says "be not deceived for God is not mocked; whatsoever a man sow that shall he also reap." And one day, I don't know how they're going to get it, but they're going to get some of it back. They are scared to death and are more afraid now than we are. Fannie Lou Hamer scripture one-day men The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is taught in other scriptures would not be nearly so plain and precious. Ezra Taft Benson scripture understanding book When individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, … other areas of activity will automatically come. Testimonies will increase. Commitment will be strengthened. Families will be fortified. Personal revelation will flow Ezra Taft Benson scripture flow commitment Contention in our families drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also drives many of our family members away. Contention ranges from a hostile spoken word to worldwide conflicts. The scriptures tell us that "Only by pride cometh contention". Ezra Taft Benson scripture pride spirit In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. Ezra Taft Benson scripture sin pride I like the character of Moses. He is the first disunionist we read of in the Jewish Scriptures. Frances Harper scripture character firsts The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture. Francis Chan holding-back scripture ideas We must stress that the basis for our faith is neither experience nor emotion but the truth as God has given it in verbalized, prepositional form in the Scripture and which we first of all apprehend with our minds. Francis Schaeffer scripture stress mind When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from Francis Chan scripture different culture There is no use of Evangelicalism seeming to get larger and larger, if at the same time appreciable parts of Evangelicalism are getting soft at that which is the central core, namely the Scriptures. Francis Schaeffer seeming scripture use God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like. Francis Chan scripture attributes order Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it Francis Chan passages teach scripture Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted. Frank R. Wolf scripture speaks-out obligation I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas. Franklin D. Roosevelt thanksgiving-day scripture reading Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ. G. C. Berkouwer scripture character christ Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith. G. C. Berkouwer scripture doe facts «1234567891011»
