Bart Ehrman Quotes
One of our driving questions throughout this study will always be what these Christians meant by saying “Jesus is God.” As we will see, different Christians meant different things by it.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'
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I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.
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At 8, I made a pact with God.
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I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell.
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I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.
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God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
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God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part.
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With but a few exceptions, we don't have this personal study under masters any more. Craftsmanship has sunk very low. We no longer have any universally creative persons who are able to guide young learners not only in technical matters but also, at the same time, in a formal way.
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God's not complicated - He's really not. And He helps people in their everyday life so that they can get better in relationships, in their job situations, in getting through grief.
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In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.
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Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion.
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Terrorists have goals beyond their supposed pacts with God. They are authors, too.
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Nature is the difference between the soul and God.
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The fundamental purpose of Jesus was the establishment of the kingdom of God, which involved a thorough regeneration and reconstitution of social life.
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Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create Him.
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I had my trousers on at all times.
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Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.
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Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?
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No matter how successful the remake is, it seems to me it's forgotten quickly after and it's the original that still lives on.
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[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.
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One of our driving questions throughout this study will always be what these Christians meant by saying “Jesus is God.” As we will see, different Christians meant different things by it.
