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“I think there's something to the idea that the divine dwells more easily in text than in images. Text allows for more abstract thought, more of a separation between you and the physical world, more...”
“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would be disagreeing with God. So when I read the Bible I want to place myself under it. I...”
“Burn God's words into your heart, His thoughts into your mind and His ways into your actions; and you'll have a Spirit-filled life.”
“God is well able to turn your tragedies into triumphs.”
“You are being fashioned into one of two images, either God's or the worlds. Make a choice!”
“Explaining temptation by saying God is testing me or Satan is attacking me positions me either as the victim, if I am defeated, or the hero, if I prevail. But confessing that My heart is desperatel...”
“The person who learns to number his or her days gains a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:12).”
“He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody. He is neither helped by our faith nor hindered by our unbelief.”
“There Is Only One Gospel... But The Preaching Is Different.”
“But what does he profit if the man gains the world but loses his soul?”
“Wanted: Steel toed Bible thumpers to reach a monster truck mad world.”
“How can you introduce error into the Bible? Have a human open it. The moment he reads it, the Bible because weighted down with his biases and expectations.”
“The Bible had been the weapon of choice in the spiritual gladiatorial arena of my youth. I knew how, wielded with intent and precision, the Bible can cut deeply, while on the one holding it can cla...”
“If the Pentateuch is inspired, the civilization of of our day is a mistake and crime. There should be no political liberty. Heresy should be trodden out beneath the bigot's brutal feet. Husbands sh...”
“Isaac basically knew just one thing for sure: Many are born, few flourish, all die. If you didnt die as a sacrifice for God today, you would die of an incomprehensible plague tomorrow, or of undese...”
“Before we apply Joshua to our lives, we need to make sure which side of the Jordan we are living on. Militarism invites God's wrath.”
“When the Bible is understood in its literary and historical context; errors, contradictions, and inconsistencies pose no threat to spirituality, whether that spirituality is theistic, non-theistic,...”
“I wonder how many people have been killed, tortured, and in some cases cannibalized, all because certain Christians (mis)applied the book of Joshua to their lives.”
“Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Matthew 21:22)”
“I read the bible every day and the one thing I have noticed is that those characters that are closest to God seem to be the ones who question and wonder and think more than others.”
