#scripture

To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#simile #stubbornness #scripture

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. ↗

— Anonymous

#love

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

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2)But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. ↗

— Anonymous

#inspirational #scripture #inspirational

Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#god #hebrew #nowhere #omnipotent #say

Scriptures and creeds may come to seem incredible, but faith will still go dancing on. ↗

— Sydney Carter

#creeds #dancing #faith #go #incredible

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#dreams #many #nothing #scripture #scriptures

We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship: conservative in holding exclusively to God's commands in Scripture as our rule of worship, and liberal in defending the liberty of those who apply those. ↗

— John Frame

#both #christian #commands #conservative #defending

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture. ↗

— Learned Hand

#cause #devil #doubt #history #may

If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#jesus #salvation #scripture #experience