Quotes about Empty
Atheism is an empty cup crying out to be filled, while religion is an empty cup appearing to be filled.
— Randy Alcorn
If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself. That's why God cannot fill you with His Spirit. But if you will empty yourself, if you will die to self, you'll be a different person by the time you reach the last page of this book.
— Mark Batterson
The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.
— Josh McDowell
It is rumored that the plague has broken out here, but the report is empty and false; by the favor of Christ everything is safe and quiet.
— Martin Luther
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
— Isaiah 32:6
God gives where he finds empty hands.
— St. Augustine
When the heart is far from God, worship is vain, empty, and nonexistent, no matter how proper the forms are. The experience of the heart is the defining, vital, indispensable essence of worship.
— John Piper
History, I believe, brings us to the point where we are bound to say: there really was an empty tomb, and there really were sightings of Jesus, the same and yet transformed. History then says: so how do you explain that? It offers us no easy escapes at that point, no quick side-exits to the question.
— NT Wright
They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
— 1 Samuel 6:3
The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.
— Josh McDowell
Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.
— Kevin Vanhoozer
He is the way because he leads us to the Father. He is the truth and the life because in Him we apprehend the Father. Therefore all theology separated from Christ is not only empty but also mad, deceiving and counterfeit.
— John Calvin