Holy Scripture Quotes

“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 G. Bloesch, Holy Scripture: Revelation, Inspiration & Interpretation: Revelation, Inspiration Interpretation

“The Scriptures are called God's utterances or God's oracles (Rom 3:2).”
― Donald G. Bloesch, Holy Scripture: Revelation, Inspiration & Interpretation: Revelation, Inspiration Interpretation

“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 G. Bloesch, Holy Scripture: Revelation, Inspiration & Interpretation: Revelation, Inspiration Interpretation

“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 G. Bloesch, Holy Scripture: Revelation, Inspiration & Interpretation: Revelation, Inspiration Interpretation