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Love for the Lord, love for His servants the missionaries. Missionary work is a work of love and trust, and it has to be done on that basis.
— Gordon Hinckley
Thus, although arguments and evidence may be used to support the believer's faith, they are never properly the basis of that faith.
— William Lane Craig
The very basis of the religion of Jesus was a triumphant belief in the real existence of a personal God. And without that belief no type of religion can rightly appeal to Jesus to-day. Jesus was a theist, and rational theism is at the basis of Christianity.
— J. Gresham Machen
The Trinity is the model of life as it is intended to be in human existence, the basis for Christian community.
— Dallas Willard
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
— Hebrews 7:11
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
— Luke 23:4
I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.
— Nelson Mandela
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
— Philemon 1:9
Lest I sound like a cranky moralist, I should say that to me the real question is not why modern secularists oppose traditional morality; it is on what basis they defend any morality.
— Philip Yancey
Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
— John 19:4
The Constitution is man-made, so it is not perfect. It's not the basis of my beliefs. My belief system is based on the Scriptures which come from God.
— Rick Warren
The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.
— Oscar Wilde