Quotes About Bible

The Bible says we need to love our enemies, bless our enemies. It does not say we should assume our enemies' priorities.

the core of Jewish biblical scripture are the Five Books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy); these books are complemented by nineteen books of prophetic and other writings to round out the Hebrew Bible. The centuries-long process

We both know men don't come to the Dismal Swamp for head transplants on a regular basis, and, even though the Weekly World News is my Bible, I swear on Bat Boy's honor I've never read of any head transplant that took. Barring

It is a loop between church, Spirit, and Bible, and it is enough.

meanings" of the Bible so many people point to in their attempts to oppress other people.

Taken at its face value, the Bible does not condemn slavery. When abolitionists argued that the deeper message of the Bible was clearly against slavery—as Mark Noll points out—they were viewed as suspiciously unfaithful to the Bible.

I am saying that Christians have many resources for listening to God's voice and discerning God's will. But given human limits—even as humans with Jesus in front of us, the Bible open before us, and the Spirit within us—I am rejecting any inerrant path to infallible doctrine.

But evangelicals are taught to pretend that there is no contradiction, because the Bible must not be questioned.

Jews mainly call Tanakh (from the first letters of Torah [Law/Teaching], Nevi'im [Prophets], and Kethuvim [Writings])

The Bible cannot be the primary source of knowledge and criterion of truth in all areas of importance.

The Bible was treated as trustworthy in a way that other human products were not, because it was not viewed as a human product.

From one point of view, the Bible is the story of a romance, a heavenly Father seeking an earthly bride for his Son. Like every good romance, they 'get married and live happily ever after'. But this climax is only reached in the Book of Revelation, without which we would never know whether the engagement (or 'betrothal'; 2 Corinthians 11:2) ever came to anything or was broken off!

I just used my Bible to smash a bug on my desk. That's bad, isn't it?) The

Some preachers use the Bible the way a drunk uses a lamp post . . . more for support than for illumination.

We are not free to do what we want with the Bible. It is sovereign. It must win. Always.

The only necessary key to understanding the Bible is to approach it with a humble and contrite heart softened by the Holy Spirit, ready to listen to what God says, and just as ready to obey him. The

Biblical expositors are not pining away in their studies searching for ways to bring relevancy to their message. They don't need to. The Bible is relevant. Rather, they draw out the implications and applications that are already there in the text in ways that make sense for the culture the church is embedded in.

Too many of us unconsciously believe that a well-studied understanding of our cultural context, rather than the Bible, is the key to preaching with power.

If we don't consider the gospel context of the Bible as a whole, even well-exegeted imperatives turn into moralism. And this fosters a legalistic culture in our churches.

Theological reflection…is a rigorous and prayerful discipline of taking the time to meditate on my text and how it relates to God's plan of redemption. It is an exercise that asks how my passage relates to the Bible as a whole, especially to the saving acts of God in Jesus.

Modern biblical scholarship arose in European universities, yet in religion departments from Geneva to Oxford, Jews were prohibited. The professors of Bible were of Christian belief or education.

Reminds me of a joke. A cowboy lost his Bible in the desert. A couple of months later a cow wanders over with a book in its mouth. The cowboy takes the book—it's his lost Bible. 'What a miracle; praise the Lord!' the cowboy exclaims. 'Not really,' says the cow. 'Your name is on the inside cover.

The Bible with masculine domination in the Old Testament and feminine submission in the New Testament is a BDSM manual! However, its BDSM lessons have never been properly learned and implemented. Christianity only makes sense in a dungeon and torture chamber. To convert Christians, you need to give them an even more thrilling BDSM experience!

If an extra-terrestrial wiped out humanity bar eight survivors, would you expect the eight to swear vengeance against the monster? According to the Bible, the eight – Noah's family – actually worshiped the ET as God! Independence Day: Independence from God! When will humanity be free?