Quotes about Bible study

Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it?

3rd October, 1871.—I read the whole Bible through four times whilst I was in Manyuema.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

Good intentions, regular worship, Bible study, do not prevent blindness. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want to see and to ignore what we want to ignore.

If spiritual formation is the purpose of the church, then personal transformation should intentionally be the purpose of the small group ministry. Bible study is great. Fellowship is wonderful. Evangelism is essential. But changing and growing to be more like Christ should be the purpose of the small group ministry.

The greatest rule in doing biblical exegesis is that the immediate context of a passage is crucial in determining the meaning of that passage.

Men that had understanding of the times." 1 Chr. 12:32 I cannot doubt that this sentence, like every sentence in Scripture was written for our learning. These men of Issachar are set before us as a pattern to be imitated, and an example to be followed, for it is a most important thing to understand the times in which we live, and to understand what those times require. Next to our Bibles and our own hearts, our Lord would have us study our own times.

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.

A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern." ~ J.C. Ryle

I now opened my Bible and began to study, and faith has been growing ever since.

I read the Bible every day, study it, and share with my wife the blessings of faith.

I study the Bible all week, pray to the Lord, and then I speak from my heart. It's all about brutal honesty.