Quotes About Bible

with this? Do you live as if this is true? Let's keep going. The Bible isn't just about heaven and only for the by-and-by. It is gritty and real. It is about messed-up people and the way God pursues them. The Bible describes real life—with its ups and downs and our stubborn quests for independence—better than anything

Remember that in the Bible, "This is who God is and what he has done" always precedes "This is what you must do.

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.

The only place that's better than Sunnybank," he mused, his hand on Lad's silken head, his eyes ceasing to rove over his moonlit acres and resting happily on his wife—"the only place that's better than Sunnybank is heaven. And that's only because in heaven, according to the Bible, 'there is no marrying or giving in marriage.

Some Protestants insist that Protestantism is "Bible Christianity," a religion that takes the whole, inspired Bible as the only and final authoritative source of truth.

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad.

He who understands philosophy understands laughter. That mysterious Word at the beginning, mentioned in the Bible, is a divine guffaw.

In the Bible the food that man eats, the world of which he must partake in order to live, is given to him by God, and it is given as communion with God.

What is both surprising and depressing is the sheer prayerlessness that characterizes so much of the Western church. It is surprising, because it is out of step with the Bible that portrays what Christian living should be; it is depressing, because it frequently coexists with abounding Christian activity that somehow seems hollow, frivolous, and superficial.10

Behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table … but woe to that man by whom [the Son of Man] is betrayed! Luke 22:21–22

Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?'

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?

I didn't realize it at the time, but writing obituaries was one of best jobs that I've ever had. After all, it's the only time that someone will ever laminate my work and put it in their Bible. Plus, let's be honest, writing obits in Sarasota is a very busy job. The old saying was that old people lived in Miami, but their parents lived in Sarasota.

I just like cliches. I like tvtropes.com. It's pretty much my bible.

As I got older, I got closer to my faith and I got closer to Jesus, reading the Bible and living my life under God.

Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares to comment on it.

When I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way.

The Bible is referred to in scripture as the sword of the spirit.

The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.

When we were growing up the Barrowland was ominous. It had closed down. It was synonymous with Bible John.

The narrative of the Bible is anchored to the fact that God became a man so He could prove how much He loves us.

For the first time in human history the divine and collective violence are separated from one another. The Bible rejects the gods created by sacralized violence.