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Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious to the divine wrath and producing in us those works which the scripture calls 'works of.

Our conscience illuminated by the Holy Spirit as we search the Scriptures will show us in every circumstance the right way.

Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.

Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation.

Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.

Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it

People tell me judge not lest ye be judged. I always tell them, twist not scripture lest ye be like satan

Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

Religious moderation is the direct result of taking scripture less and less seriously. So why not take it less seriously still? Why not admit the the Bible is merely a collection of imperfect books written by highly fallible human beings.

Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading.

Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered.

Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it.

Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too.

Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go.

Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself.

Scripture is our norming norm and tradition is our normed norm and that in a doctrinal controversy Scripture alone has absolute veto power while The Great Tradition (orthodox doctrine) has a vote but not a veto.

Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.

Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints.

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.

Some parts of the Bible are dreadful. In fact, my working title for The Sins of Scripture was "The Terrible Text of The Bible.

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.

Some have argued that the Christian notion of Scripture is not epistemologically sustainable. It's not philosophically possible with rigor to uphold the Christian understanding of Scripture.

The Bible is not a book like any other. It makes a claim that God spoke and speaks through its message. It argues that as his creatures, we are accountable to him for what he has revealed. The trustworthiness of Scripture points to its authority as well. Scripture is far more than a history book, as good and trustworthy as that history is. It is a book that calls us to examine our lives and relationship to God. Beyond the fascinating history, it contains vital and life-transforming truths about God and us.

Start believing the Word of God over our feelings. The truth always overrides our feelings. Find the truth in the scriptures.

Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says.

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is taught in other scriptures would not be nearly so plain and precious.

The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship.

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy, but as the Holy Scripture shows, it was the sun and not the earth which Joshua ordered to stand still.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.

The Holy Spirit wants to convert the words of Scripture into transformed personalities.

The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks.

The Holy and Inspired Scriptures are sufficient of themselves for the preaching of the Truth.

The Jewish scriptures admirably illustrate the development from the religion of fear to moral religion, a development continued in the New Testament. The religions of all civilized peoples, especially the peoples of the Orient, are primarily moral religions.

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.

The main reason for insisting on the universal Flood as a fact of history and as the primary vehicle for geological interpretation is that God's Word plainly teaches it! No geologic difficulties, real or imagined, can be allowed to take precedence over the clear statements and necessary inferences of Scripture.

The Lord speaks to us through the Scriptures and in our prayer. Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

The more I read the Scriptures I find an overwhelming case of Scriptures being concerned with the poor, outcast, widow, foreigner and marginalized.

The moment you come to a passage of scripture and say, "Oh, I know this one already," you're in deep trouble.

The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.

The narratives of Scripture were not meant to describe our world ... but to change the world, including the one in which we now live.

The most accomplished in the Scripture are fools, unless they acknowledge that they have need of God for their schoolmaster all the days of their life.

There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that tell us we must be committed to protecting the poor and the oppressed... There is no concern of Scripture that is addressed so often and so powerfully as reaching out to the poor.