Quotes about bible
bible real passion
Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy. R. C. Sproul
bible reading christianity
The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible. Mark Twain
bible god christian
This is a Christian nation. Harry S Truman
bible god religious
This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand. Harry S Truman
bible god religious
The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. Harry S Truman
bible death enemy
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. J. K. Rowling
bible people criticism
People who quoted the Scriptures in criticism of others were terrible bores and usually they misapplied the text. One could prove anything against anyone from the Bible. Muriel Spark
bible chair dad longer moves needed rocking silent
A Bible used so much it never needed dusting. A rocking chair that moves in silent motion, beholding the Dad no longer there.
bible christian expectations
Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ on every page, in every story, foreshadowed or anticipated in every event and narrative. The Bible must be read as a whole, beginning with Genesis and ending with Revelation, letting promise and fulfillment guide or expectations for what we will find there. Michael Horton
bible god religious
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams
bible song zion
There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach. John Milton
bible men hands
It is not hard for any man who hath a Bible in his hand to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. John Milton
bible jesus worry-less
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.. Mitch Albom
bible book way
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah Mitch Albom
bible christian spiritual
I know not a better rule of reading the Scripture, than to read it through from beginning to end and when we have finished it once, to begin it again. We shall meet with many passages which we can make little improvement of, but not so many in the second reading as in the first, and fewer in the third than in the second: provided we pray to him who has the keys to open our understandings, and to anoint our eyes with His spiritual ointment. John Newton
bible lying book
This Book had to be written by one of three people: good men, bad men or God. It couldn't have been written by good men because they said it was inspired by the revelation of God. Good men don't lie and deceive. It couldn't have been written by bad men because bad men would not write something that would condemn themselves. It leaves only one conclusion. It was given by divine inspiration of God. John Wesley
bible giving-up witchcraft
Giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible. John Wesley
bible book land
I want to know one thing, the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way; for this end He came from heaven. He hath written it down in a book. Give me that book! At any price give me the Book of God! John Wesley
bible jesus buddhism-and-christianity
Love one another as I have loved you. John the Apostle
bible book world
With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend. John Tillotson
bible christian believe
The Holy Scriptures are that divine instrument by which we are taught what to believe, concerning God, ourselves, and all things, and how to please God unto eternal life. John Robinson
bible christian needs
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead. John Stott
bible bread-of-life creator-god
In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken. N. Scott Momaday
bible christian book
The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and find the answer of God by honest searching. John Ruskin
bible faith book
The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. John Quincy Adams
bible passion government
It is essential..that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such rules and principles, there will be numberless occasions on which you will have no guide for your government but your passions..It is in the Bible, you must learn them, and from the Bible how to practice them. John Quincy Adams
bible world creation
The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind. John Quincy Adams
bible lazy-people tears
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew McConaughey
bible jesus food
Man shall not live by bread alone. Matthew McConaughey
bible biblical jesus-christ
Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew McConaughey
bible home son
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Matthew McConaughey
bible religious atheist
Reading the Bible is the fast track to atheism. Reading the Bible means starting at "In the beginning..." and throwing it down with disgust at "...the grace of the lord Jesus be with all. Amen." I'm sure there are lots of religious people who've read the Bible from start to finish and kept their faith, but in my self-selected sample, all the people I know who have done that are atheists. Penn Jillette
bible christian heart
Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word. Matthew Henry