The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story.
Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.
Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship.
The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God's Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God.
The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God's Spirit.
The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.
Let it be observed, that slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.
If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.
Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence.
Though we claim to believe the whole of Scripture, in practice we frequently deny much of it by ignoring it.
The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.
If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.
Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.
To preach the Bible as 'the handbook for life,' or as the answer to every question, rather than as the revelation of Christ, is to turn the Bible into an entirely different book. This is how the Pharisees approached Scripture, as we can see clearly from the questions they asked Jesus. For the Pharisees, the Scriptures were a source of trivia for life's dilemmas.
Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?
Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go.
To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.
All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.
Christ wears "two shoes" in the world: scripture and nature. Both are necessary to understand the Lord, and at no stage can creation be seen as a separation of things from God.