Quotes about Interpretation

People have been told so often that resurrection is just a metaphor, and means Jesus died and was glorified - in other words, he went to Heaven, whatever that means. And they've never realized that the word 'resurrection' simply didn't mean that.

Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! It's free to say what it will to the individual, and no one can outline it into dispensations which cannot be broken.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.

the Old Testament must always be read in light of the New. I never read such Old Testament texts without immediately asking, "Does the New Testament shed additional light on how I am to understand the nature of such promises and their recipients?

If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.

Classical quotation is a parole of literary men all over the world.

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.