#bible

Listen. To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. In perfect stillness, frankly, I've only found sorrow. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#the-poisonwood-bible #change

You shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." ~ Deuteronomy 6:5 ↗

— Anonymous

#heart #love #soul #strength #the-holy-bible

I won't stay in with married men any more said the wise girl they're too agreeable, it's a little too much like curling up with the good book. You mean a good book Oh, dear, did I say the good book sighed the witch. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#affairs #bible #cheating #good-book #reading

No human society has ever been able to maintain both order and freedom, both cohesiveness and liberty apart from the moral precepts of the Christian religion… Should our republic ever forget this fundamental precept of governance this great experiment will then be surely doomed. ↗

— John Jay

#christianity #government #experience

Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#fears #inspirational #inspirational

Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart. ↗

— David Norton

#inspirational #king-james-version #protestantism #religion #inspirational

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. ↗

— Anonymous

#god #jesus-christ #christ

Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah ↗

— Anonymous

#god #scripture #trust #scripture

I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

#god #gospel #scripture #change

The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats. ↗

— Louis Zamperini

#billy-graham #god #gospel #jesus-christ #preach