Ken Ham Quotes

The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.

The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.

The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible is the religion of Christ's church.

In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.

I can't change what the word of God says.

It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal.

The church is always to be under the Word; she must be; we must keep her there. You must not assume that because the church started correctly, she will continue so. She did not do so in the New Testament times; she has not done so since. Without being constantly reformed by the Word the church becomes something very different.

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science.

From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.

The Church is a system, - but whether it is as much founded on the teaching of our Lord, who was divine, as on the teaching of St. Paul, who was not divine, is a question to me of much perplexity.

You can think too highly of your interpretations of Scripture, but you cannot think too highly of Scriptures interpretation of itself. You can exaggerate your authority in handling the Scriptures, but you cannot exaggerate the Scriptures authority to handle you. You can use the word of God to come to wrong conclusions, but you cannot find any wrong conclusions in the word of God.

The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries with it the intrinsic authority of God Himself.

I actually do propose open-mindedness, but open-mindedness to the Word of God.

If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.

Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it.

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

There are two views of interpreting the Bible in America: that every word is literally the truth without qualification, and then the other view is, it's called plenary inspiration, which holds that all religious truth taught in the Bible is true from God, but each word is not necessarily interpreted literally.

It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

[Martin] Luther was guilty of two great crimes. He struck the Pope in his crown and the monks in their bellies.

The Romanists have, with great adroitness, drawn three walls round themselves, with which they have hitherto protected themselves, so that no one could reform them, whereby all Christendom has fallen terribly. Firstly, if pressed by the temporal power, they have affirmed and maintained that the temporal power has no jurisdiction over them, but, on the contrary, that the spiritual power is above the temporal. Secondly, if it were proposed to admonish them with the Scriptures, they objected that no one may interpret the Scriptures but the Pope. Thirdly, if they are threatened with a council, they pretend that no one may call a council but the Pope.

The Lord gave all Christians the authority to judge all doctrines, to judge freely what is right and what is wrong.

The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

The Bible is authoritative, without error, and inspired by God..

If there were no Adam and Eve and we’re all evolved from apelike ancestors and there’s homosexuality in the animal world and if Genesis is mythology, then you can justify any behavior you want.