Martin Luther Quotes

My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.

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

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

I am much afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which means are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must be corrupt.

Bible reading is an education in itself.

Our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to become saints.

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, they brought me to the heart of Jesus.

When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.

Science and Revelation here In perfect harmony appear,, Guiding young feet along the road Through grace and Nature up to God

The child … must not learn religion before he knows morality

I was the worst teacher you have ever imagined - not that we did not have fun. We had a ton of fun. We just did not learn any scripture. I would think all week long what could I talk about on Sunday, and then I would scramble on Saturday to find some kind of scripture to go with it. This was my teaching.

Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves.

I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples who make disciples, disciple cycles.

I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of raising a lesson out of every verse in his reading of the Bible; and of turning it into a Prayer; and engage him (and them) unto a daily Course in reading the Bible in such a way

In our family, at this point,[Sunday School] its not a choice for my kids. It's a duty for us as parents to give them faith as a foundation and hope that when they bemuse older teens and young adults they will choose the same thing for themselves.

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important.

Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.

So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year.

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.

Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.

I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I'm home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, 'Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.'