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Most Christians are not convinced of their own faith. I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God. And so they cannot discern between the truth and falsehood.

My conservative brothers and sisters seem to argue that God revealed everything to us in scripture. Ever since, it has simply been our difficult but straightforward task to conform ourselves to God's will revealed there and to repent when we are unable or unwilling to do so. For me, there is something static and lifeless in such a view of God. Could it be that even the Bible is too small a box in which to enclose God?

My counsel is, that we draw water from the true source and fountain, that is, that we diligently search the Scriptures. He who wholly possesses the text of the Bible, is a consummate divine.

My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I believe them both. I believe them both. I believe take up your cross and deny yourself and follow me, and I believe come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. They are different sides of the same thing.

My job [as a teacher] is to love the Scriptures in public. And then sit down.

No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people.

Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing

My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.

Not all Scripture is propositional, some of it is asking questions, some of it's rhetorical, but where Scripture is stating something, asserting something, making a truth claim, uttering a proposition that is claiming to be true, it is the truth.

Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.

Nowhere in Scripture do we find doctrine studied for its own sake or in isolation from life.

One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the scriptures contain all the knowledge required to deal with the problems of contemporary society.

Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.

On consideration.. .of the reason wherefore men have so far gone astray, or that many - alas! - should follow diverse ways of belief concerning the Son of God, the marvel seems to be, not at all that human knowledge has been baffled in dealing with superhuman things, but that it has not submitted to the authority of the Scriptures

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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