Quotes About Scripture

If we think of the gospel as simply rolling right off the Old Testament tongue, we will be wrong. And we will fail to appreciate how creative the New Testament writers were in working out the day-to-day real-time implications of all of this.

As quite distinct from Jewish interpretation, the history of modern evangelical interpretation exhibits a strong degree of discomfort with the tensions and ambiguities of Scripture.

I feel that if we do not engage Scripture with future believers in mind, we will unwittingly erect unnecessary and tragic obstacles to belief. Part of what drives this book is my concern to help prevent that scenario.

In scripture, names work like mirrors that reflect back the essence of a thing. But more than that, they help CREATE a thing.

Satan took Jesus to the top of the temple and said, "Let's run a little test. Throw yourself down, and we will see if Scripture is true, if Angel's will come and bear you up." And Jesus said, "Thou shalt not put the Lord your God to the test!" (see Luke 4:9-12). This last century argued that the only things you CAN believe are things you can put to the test. And Satan smiles, for that means we cannot believe in God, who is truth.

than not, that we read scripture not only in the light of our own culture but as a means of defining and defending that very culture over and against which scripture by its very nature is meant to stand. In other words, scripture is invariably used to support the status

They believe the "Bible to be God's written revelation to his people," and that "it records in human words what God desires." Their

No puede existir una versión auténtica del cristianismo sin una entidad lingüística conocida como la palabra de Dios.

The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.