47 Quotes About Bible-interpretation

the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.

With regard to the gospels, biblical scholarship has mixed-up theology with history, thereby turning the eschatology of the epistles into memoirs.

Strange how the perspective changes with the point of view, isn’t it? Most people who claim to believe in the Bible don’t actually know what it says

I admire the way the Bible defies anybody who wants to nail it on a preferred meaning. There are so many ways to interpret the Bible as there are different opinions about what a certain passage or verse really means. So anybody can go there and read a meaning into (eigesis) whatever passage or verse he wants to suit his inclinations. Proof that the Bible is inspired? It caters for all sorts of people and views.

The end product of the successful preacher's input is transformation.

The Word that will change a man must first show the man who he really is.

May the Lord grant you grace to read and understand the Holy Scriptures.

The Bible is man in a nutshell. Good and evil live side by side in the same book. That's why it's cherished. The good find in it encouragement, the weak solace, the evil, justification.

We've got enough going on in our lives today without stressing about things that might or might not happen tomorrow