Quotes about Interpretation

Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you're a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.

In a sense, I wrote the book about Jesus that I wanted to read.

Yeah, I have been because, generally speaking, to we Biblical literalists, the media is very hostile.

Within the Christian tradition, fundamentalism arose in the 19th century as an effort to push back against modern' readings of the Bible that suggested everything in the text wasn't true in some literal sense.

I argue that the resurrection was not the Great Resuscitation. It was a total transformation. I just don't accept the black-and-white thinking that goes along with needing to regard the gospels are literally true.

The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote.

I tell you I can't read a book, but I can read de people.

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.

The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.