Quotes about History

Myth is much more important and true than history.

God creates history, while people create an epic or a drama, drawn either from God's history or from unreality and pure fiction.

Laws change; people die; the land remains.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!

Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a way to read Scripture which is imaginative, interpretive.

Seattle was my favorite team growing up, so I know a little bit about Coach Karl and his history. He's one of the best coaches in the game, well-respected by much of his peers and much of his players.

Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.

The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.

We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.

That the Jews are connected with God in a special way and that God does not allow that bond to fail is entirely obvious. We wait for the instant in which Israel will say yes to Christ, but we know that it has a special mission in history now ... which is significant for the world.

If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a force for good that survives through millennia; here is truly light from light.