Quotes about Revelation
Holy Scripture is more than a watchword. It is also more than 'light for today'. It is God's revealed Word for all men, for all times. Holy Scripture does not consist of individual passages; it is a unit and is intended to be used as such.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When God opens our eyes for his word, we see into a world of miracles.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus does not tell us what we ought to do but cannot; he tells us what God has given us and promises still to give.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
That the lie portrays the truth as lie is the ultimate possible rebellion. It is the abyss of the lie that it lives because it sets itself up as truth and condemns the truth as lie.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.
— Dolly Parton
The Scriptures are called God's utterances or God's oracles (Rom 3:2).
— Donald Bloesch
The distinguishing marks of fundamentalism in the broad sense are: biblical literalism; total inerrancy, including perfect factual accuracy; revelation as essentially propositional; a profound distrust of biblical criticism, especially higher criticism; premillennial eschatology; and the call to separate from apostate churches.
— Donald Bloesch
Revelation is a "meeting" between God and the believer whereby God speaks and we hear. The "spoken word" is a metaphor containing two elements: personal encounter and the impartation of knowledge.
— Donald Bloesch
Luther made a distinction between the inner and outer word: the latter is the Scripture and the former the revelation of Christ. Thus the Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid and the swaddling clothes in which Christ is wrapped. Or the Word of God is the water that comes to us through the pipes (the written witness).
— Donald Bloesch
Relax, you're on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you.
— Melody Beattie
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
— Soren Kierkegaard
God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.
— JI Packer