What Great Men Have Said About the Bible
The Bible is like a great curtain of embroidery. There are hundreds of threads, main threads, smaller threads and they are woven together in a wonderful way by the Holy Spirit. The whole Bible is one great picture with a million points of interest. In fact, it is a living picture, not just a dead scene and I has endless interests. Make sure you read it. You will be blessed. – Reinhard Bonnke It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible – George Washington "The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.” - Napoleon, Emperor of the French (1804-1814), 1769-1821 "I prefer to believe those writers who get their throats cut for what they write.” - Pascal, French philosopher and mathematician, developed the modern theory of probability, 1623-1662 "We account the scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever.” - Isaac Newton, English mathematician and scientist, 1642-1727 Voltaire, French infidel, died 1778: said that within 100 years of his time, Christianity would be swept away from existence and pass into the obscurity of history. - a. Yet 50 years after his death, the Geneva Bible Society used his house and printing press to produce stacks of Bibles. Robert Dick Wilson, fluent in more than 45 languages and dialects. Concluded after a lifetime study of the Old Testament: “I may add that the result of my 45 years of study of the Bible has led me all the time to a firmer faith that in the Old Testament, we have a true historical account of the history of the Israelite people.” "We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and everchanging science…but upon the rock of inspired Scriptures.” - Sir Ambrose Flemming, British electrical engineer and inventor, 1849-1945 Great Men and the Bible"Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.” - President Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.” - President George Washington, First President of the United States "I believe that the existence of the Bible is the greatest benefit to the human race. Any attempt to belittle it, I believe, is a crime against humanity.” - Immanuel Kant, German idealist philosopher, 1724-1804 "In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.” - Robert E. Lee, Civil War General who fought for the Southern Confederacy: "I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God’s word because it finds me where I am.” - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865 "I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good of the Savior of the world is communicated to us through the Book.” "When you have read the Bible, you know it is the word of God, because it is the key to your heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.” - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, 1856-1924 "A thorough understanding of the Bible is better than a college education.” - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, 1858-1919 "Education is useless without the Bible.” Sir David Dabrymple "It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.” - Horace Greeley, Editor and Politician "I consider an intimate knowledge of the Bible an indispensable quality of a well educated man.” - Dr. Robert Milikan, former President of the California Inst. Of Tech. And Nobel Peace Prize winner "The Bible towers in content above all earlier religious literature; and it towers just as impressively over all subsequent literature in the direct simplicity of its message and the catholicity of its appeal to men of all lands and times.” - William Foxwell Albright, American Archaeologist and educator known for his excavations of biblical sites, 1891-1971 Reputable scholars now believe that the New Testament account is reliable history.” - Time Magazine |
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