Quotes About Faith

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.

There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.

Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge.

I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge.

é difícil pormos em dúvida aquilo que sabemos desde a infância, tardamos em desconfiar disso.

la carne da confianza e invita al abuso

Li há pouco dois velhos versos de Yeats que me pareceram verdadeiros, na medida relativa em que qualquer afirmação o pode ser: "Falta aos melhores toda a convicção, enquanto os piores estão cheios de uma intensidade apaixonada.

Pero ahora hay que estar a la altura. No vacilar, no desmayarse, no decaer. Seguir viviendo, aunque resulta difícil hacerlo cuando lo que uno quiere es morirse.

Quelles que puissent être les difficultés, elle était certaine à présent d'avoir fait le bon choix en suivant ce que lui dictait son cœur.

el alma de su madre, que por no tener ni un real viajaba con lo puesto al más allá. Aun así, había que estar agradecidos al párroco,

worship the same gods. They do not even

El asunto es difícil de asumir para los creyentes y ha desatado una agria polémica en todo el mundo, multiplicada desde que el 13 de octubre de 1988 el cardenal Anastasio Ballestrero anunciara en Roma que los análisis de carbono-14 efectuados aquel mismo año para datar la Sábana Santa de Turín (esto es, los supuestos lienzos sepulcrales de Jesús) fueron fabricados entre finales del siglo XIII y el siglo XIV de nuestra era.

I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized, on this earth, capable of becoming true man, master of his fate and captain of his soul.

Learning and knowledge make people think, and doubt and questioning are difficult companions for faith to have.

The expression "I'll believe it when I see it" is actually not the success formula for landing a new position. The formula that will help you get a job in a troubled job market is the opposite: "I'll see it when I first believe it." You first have to believe you can secure your next job; then you will.

Love is primal. It is comprised of compassion, care, security, and a leap of faith.

More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world. —William Barclay

they insist upon obedience to God's commandments rather than submission to one's feelings. Rather, they do so, first, because God requires this and, secondly, because they know that it is only in this manner that the proper feelings of peace and joy can be achieved.32

Basic to the New Testament concept of motivation is the task of becoming what you are. In a real sense we are not merely human beings, but also human becomings. The Christian life is not static; it is a life of change.

Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.

The options given to them are the same options that one faces now. They reflect two distinct moralities, two antithetical religions, and two discrete manners of life. The one says: "I shall live according to feeling"; the other: "I shall live as God says.

It is a clever "wile" of Satan to tempt men to think that they cannot do what God requires because they do not feel like doing it, or that they must do what they feel like doing and cannot help themselves.

James directed that when the patient discusses his sickness with the elders and prayer is made, the possibility of sickness as the result of sin ought to be discussed. If sin is found in the background of the problem, it must be confessed.