If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it.
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. Thats not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; its a witness to God making it down to the worst people.
I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is.
The greatest proof that the Bible is inspired is that it has stood so much bad preaching.
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain
Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt, For myself, I must say, that having for many years made the evidences of Christianity the subject of close study, the result has been a firm and increasing conviction of the authenticity and plenary inspiration of the Bible. It is indeed the Word of God.
The goal of Bible translation is: be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote.
So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves.
The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer. The whole book of Job, with regard both to sublimity of thought and morality, exceeds, beyond all comparison, the most noble parts of Homer.
As followers of Christ, we must remember always to build our defense of the Christian faith on the sure foundation of the Bible. If we do so, there will be no weight too great to be supported; no wind too strong to be resisted.
What makes the difference is not how many times you have been through the Bible, but how many times and how thoroughly the Bible has been through you.
I think that Bible principles will help anybody.
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something new in it every day. For twenty-eight years, since I became a doctor, I have now constantly read and preached the Bible; and yet I have not exhausted it but find something new in it every day.
Scholars may quote Plato in studies, but the hearts of millions shall quote the Bible at their daily toil, and draw strength from its inspiration, as the meadows draw it from the brook.
Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.
Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible.
Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.