Quotes about Debate

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

Avoiding the issues that merit debate and disagreement not only makes the meeting boring, it guarantees that the issues won't be resolved. And this is a recipe for frustration. Ironically, that frustration often manifests itself later in the form of unproductive personal conflict, or politics.

Well, some teams get paralyzed by their need for complete agreement, and their inability to move beyond debate.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.