Bart Ehrman Quotes
If Jesus really were equal with God from “the beginning,” before he came to earth, and he knew it, then surely the Synoptic Gospels would have mentioned this at some point. Wouldn’t that be the most important thing about him? But no, in Matthew, Mark, and Luke he does not talk about himself in this way—nor does he do so in their sources (Q, M, and L).
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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I don't believe in ghosts and have never seen one. I wish I could see one, and I would like to have seen one because then I could believe in God. If I can see it, feel it and taste it, then I believe in it.
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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.
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He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God contained within belief in God.
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My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth.
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'I took care of the depth of my relationship with God and He took care of the breadth of my success.'
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Truly England and the church of God hath had a great favour from the Lord, in this great victory given us.
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Jesus was a great worker, and His disciples must not be afraid of hard work.
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Man’s true end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever. The source of this quotation (with 'chief' in place of 'true') is the Westminster Shorter Catechism, http://www.reformed.org/documents/wsc/index.html?_top=http://www.reformed.org/documents/WSC.html.
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God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity.
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God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives.
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If you look back through history, you'll see that God, in any form - Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed - has always wanted prosperity for everyone. There was a recognition of the need to integrate our material and spiritual lives. But that message was distorted by various leaders with their own agendas.
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The primary object of non-cooperation is nowhere stated to be paralysis of the Government. The primary object is self-purification.
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I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.
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If Jesus really were equal with God from “the beginning,” before he came to earth, and he knew it, then surely the Synoptic Gospels would have mentioned this at some point. Wouldn’t that be the most important thing about him? But no, in Matthew, Mark, and Luke he does not talk about himself in this way—nor does he do so in their sources (Q, M, and L).
