Bible Pestilence Quotes & Sayings

A few years ago the Deists denied the inspiration of the Bible on account of its cruelty. At the same time they worshiped what they were pleased to call the God of Nature. Now we are convinced that Nature is as cruel as the Bible; so that, if the God of Nature did not write the Bible, this God at least has caused earthquakes and pestilence and famine, and this God has allowed millions of his children to destroy one another. So that now we have arrived at the question
not as to whether the Bible is inspired and not as to whether Jehovah is the real God, but whether there is a God or not. — Robert G. Ingersoll

Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it. — Octavia Spencer

Therefore, we read the Bible selectively. We pick a text here and there to fit our felt needs. This is like a doctor who forgets how to write prescriptions for the best antibiotics because every- body seems healthy, and he has spent the last decades tweaking good health with hip-hop exercise videos, unaware that pestilence is at the door. It's like the soldier who forgets how to use his weapons because the times seem peaceful, and he has spent the last decades doing relief work and teaching the children how to play games. — John Piper

In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly. — Henry Spencer

I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot. — Felix Baumgartner

Connect and communicate! — Lailah Gifty Akita

God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made. — Max Lucado

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed. — George A. Romero

My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor. — Lupita Nyong'o

We are the first generation of human beings to have substantial insights into the origin of our cosmos and of human life in it. — Arthur Peacocke

Writing permits me to be more than I am. Writing permits me to experience life as any number of strange creations. — Alice Walker

The locust has no king
Just noise and hard language
They talk me over — David Eugene Edwards

Obviously the first sentiment is disappointment that we didn't get the car home and more disappointment that at the time that it stopped the car was in the lead. — John Surtees

... Faustus ... dared to confirm he had advanced beyond the level of a scarlet sinner - he was a conscious follower of the Prince of Darkness. The fact he could publicly project an Antichrist image with pride, having no fear of reprisal, and his seeming diabolical art of escaping all punishment when others who were considered heretics had burned at the stake for less, would certainly signal that an unnatural individual walked in their midst. It is true in many respects he assumed the role of the charlatan, yet how apropos, considering his willingness to follow his 'brother-in-law' known as the Father of Lies and deception. — E.A. Bucchianeri

The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key. — Alain Ducasse

You can accomplish anything with students if you set high expectations for behavior and performance by which you yourself abide. — Harry K. Wong

Character is the measure of our freedom from the tyranny of our instincts. It is the space we create between our urges and our actions. — Valson Thampu

Open your mouth, tesoro." He angled her face higher. "Open your mouth for me."
At his raw demand, her eyes flared wide. For a drunken moment, he drowned in glorious brown, rich, autumnal, sensual. — Anna Campbell