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Quotes from Norman L. Geisler

Law of Noncontradiction.
~ Norman L. Geisler
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty." —SIMON PETER
~ Norman L. Geisler
Edwin Hubble looked through his telescope more than a decade later that scientists finally confirmed that the universe is expanding and that it's expanding from a single point.
~ Norman L. Geisler
Thermodynamics is the study of matter and energy
~ Norman L. Geisler
No pain, no gain. Without danger, the virtue of courage cannot be developed. Without trials and tribulations we can have no patience. God has to permit sin before we can experience forgiveness. Higher-order virtues are dependent on allowing lower-order evils.
~ Norman L. Geisler
Romans 5:14—Is it fair to judge all people because of Adam's sin?
~ Norman L. Geisler
Einstein said that he wanted "to know how God created the world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thought, the rest are details."3
~ Norman L. Geisler
Creamos hombres sin corazón y esperamos de ellos virtud y valentía. Nos reímos del honor y nos sorprendemos al encontrar traidores entre nosotros.
~ Norman L. Geisler
The New Testament is historically reliable. This is evidenced by: a. Early testimony b. Eyewitness testimony
~ Norman L. Geisler
So I cast my lot with him-not the one who claimed wisdom, Confucius; or the one who claimed enlightenment, Buddha; or the one who claimed to be a prophet, Muhammad, but with the one who claimed to be God in human flesh. The one who declared, 'Before Abraham was born, I am' - and proved it.
~ Norman L. Geisler
A skeptic once said to me, 'I don't believe the Bible because it has miracles.' I said, 'Name one.' He said, 'Turning water into wine. Do you believe that?' I said, 'Yeah, it happens all the time.' He said, 'What do you mean?' I said, 'Well, rain goes through the grapevine up into the grape, and the grape turns into wine. All Jesus did was speed it up a little bit.
~ Norman L. Geisler
Ronald Reagan once quipped, "I've noticed all those in favor of abortion are already born." Indeed, all pro-abortionists would become pro-life immediately if they found themselves back in the womb.
~ Norman L. Geisler
One who claims to be a skeptic of one set of beliefs is actually a true believer in another set of beliefs.
~ Norman L. Geisler
I found it (the word 'mercy') occurs 261 times in the Bible-and seventy-two percent of them are in the Old Testament. That's a three-to-one ratio. Then I studied the word 'love' and found it occurs 322 times in the Bible, about half in each testament. So you have the same emphasis on love in both.
~ Norman L. Geisler
Augustine was right when he said that we love the truth when it enlightens us, but we hate it when it convicts us.
~ Norman L. Geisler
you ought not judge" is itself a judgment! (Pluralists misinterpret Jesus' comments on judging [Matt. 7:1-5]. Jesus did not prohibit judging as such, only judging hypocritically.)
~ Norman L. Geisler
Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God." —JAMES TOUR
~ Norman L. Geisler
Contrary to what is being taught in many public schools, truth is not relative but absolute. If something is true, it's true for all people, at all times, in all places.
~ Norman L. Geisler
Christians are not supposed to "just have faith." Christians are commanded to know what they believe and why they believe it. They are commanded to give answers to those who ask (1 Pet. 3:15), and to demolish arguments against the Christian faith (2 Cor. 10:4-5).
~ Norman L. Geisler
natural selection may be able to explain the survival of a species, but it cannot explain the arrival of a species.
~ Norman L. Geisler
If we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain." —C. S. LEWIS
~ Norman L. Geisler
A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.
~ Norman L. Geisler
In that thoroughly evil and violent and depraved culture, there was no hope for those children. This nation was so polluted that it as like gangrene that was taking over a person's leg, and God had to amputate the leg or the gangrene would spread and there wouldn't be anything left. In a sense, God's action was an act of mercy.
~ Norman L. Geisler
As we look at the evidence in the ensuing chapters, we'll see that conclusions such as "God exists" and "the Bible is true" are certain beyond reasonable doubt.Therefore, it takes a lot more faith to be a non-Christian than it does to be a Christian.
~ Norman L. Geisler