Thoughts on the Bible

"The Bible is not such a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would." 

-Lewis S. Chafer

 "We might as well put our shoulder to the sun, and try to stop it on its flaming course, as to attempt to stop the circulation of the Bible."

-Unknown

 "A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, and committal read. But somehow the corpse never stays put."

-Bernard Ramm

"The Bible presents the highest ideals known to man, ideals that have molded civilization."

-Geisler & Nix

"If he (the biblical critic) tells me that something in a Gospel iis legend or romance, I want to know how many legends and romances he has read, how well his palate is trained in detecting them by their flavor; not how many years spent on that Gospel...I have been reading poems, romances, vision-literature, legends, and myths all my life. I know what they are like. I know that not one of them is like this."

C.S. Lewis

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

-Theodore Roosevelt

"An inspired work, the Bible is also a source of inspiration. Its impact has no equal, whether on the social and ethical plane or on that of literary creation...Its characters are dramatic, their dramas timeless, their triumphs and defeats overwhelming. Each cry touches us, each call penetrates us. Texts of another age, the biblical poems are themselves ageless. They call out to us collectively and individually across and beyond the centuries."

-Elie Wiesel