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Let it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Let us therefore yield ourselves and bow to the authority of the Holy Scriptures, which can neither err nor deceive.

Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture study, will invite impressions and revelations and the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This provides us with instruction from on high as we learn precept upon precept.

Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation.

Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.

Many who are convinced that God is non-violent simply dismiss the Old Testament accounts of God commanding or engaging in violence. I don't consider this to be a viable option, for Jesus treats the whole Old Testament as the inspired Word of God. My cross-centered interpretation of these violent portraits allows believers to affirm that God is non-violent while also affirming that all Scripture is "God-breathed.".

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.

Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.

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.

Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures.

Majoring in religion, listening to TV evangelists interpret the scriptures and dictate my offerings-I found my God inside myself-in every moment and piece of matter. Everything is animate.

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.

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.

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

No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.