Quotes about Scripture

One of the problems with compromise in one area of Scripture is where do you stop compromising? If Christians accept the idea of human evolution, then why not accept the idea that our sinful tendencies are really just evolved tendencies?

I read the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs every day.

The New Testament doesn't present Jesus as a single man to cover up his humanity. It presents him as a single man because... he was a single man.

So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm.

Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times.

If you were on your own, you would have a good reason to live worried. But the Scripture says in 1 Peter, "You have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your soul." You're not in this by yourself. You have a protector, a defender, a deliverer.

God sees everything. He's keeping the records. The Scripture says, "What you do in secret, God will reward in the open." Don't worry if you're not getting credit. Don't get discouraged if people don't thank you. God sees your sacrifice.

It pleases God when you know you are dearly loved. That's why the Scripture says, "Come boldly to the throne." Don't go to Him feeling unworthy.

We have to understand the sovereignty of God. It might not seem fair to us, and it doesn't always make sense to us, but God's ways are not our ways, and the Scripture talks about how God has given to every person different gifts, different talents, according to our own ability. Everyone doesn't get the same, but what He gave you is what you need to fulfill your destiny

The discrepancies between Puritan and modern evangelism should prompt us to revert back to the older message where the whole of Scripture is addressed to the whole man.

Long and personal familiarity with the application of Scripture was a key element in the Puritan ministerial makeup," Sinclair Ferguson writes. "They pondered the riches of revealed truth the way a gemologist patiently examines the many faces of a diamond." They used Scripture wisely, bringing cited texts to bear on the doctrine or case of conscience at hand, all based on sound hermeneutical principles.

Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention!