There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.
It's the third book of the Bible, called The Final Testament of the Holy Bible. My idea of what the Messiah would be like if he were walking the streets of New York today. What would he believe? What would he preach? How would he live? With who?
The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
It is not hard for any man who hath a Bible in his hand to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above.
One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the censorious.
Luther exerted a strong influence on Denmark. Suddenly Danish theologians were preaching in Danish and translating the Bible into Danish.
The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.
Perfect love drives out fear
We don’t have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity, it’s written in the Bible.
Genuine Christianity is more than a relationship with Jesus, as expressed in personal piety, church attendance, Bible study, and works of charity. It is more than discipleship, more than believing a system of doctrines about God. Genuine Christianity is a way of seeing and comprehending all reality. It is a worldview.
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
The greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible.
We must never edit God.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity, the establishment of schools and hospitals, and the abolition of slavery.
In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey.
The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies. . . pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.
All Scripture is God-breathed and He doesn't waste His breath.
I grew up in a household in which the Bible played very little role.