Quotes about Authority
I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own Word.
— Billy Graham
For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures.
— CS Lewis
At the end of the day, in brief summary: inerrancy is interested in the truthfulness of Scripture and it is a powerful way forcing people to think about that reliability that is God-given.
— DA Carson
An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.
— Tony Campolo
We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.
— Mark Driscoll
God's mark is on everything that obeys Him.
— Martin Luther
Whoever teaches differently from what I have taught, or whoever condemns me therein, he condemns God and must remain a child of hell.
— Martin Luther
Be dispensers of God's grace, not controllers. Don't be the Holy Spirit's customs agents.
— Pope Francis
God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.
— Os Guinness
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.
— Oscar Wilde
No one has the last word other than God.
— Rob Bell
The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.
— St. John Chrysostom