Walter Lippmann Quotes

The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.

The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil.

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

I'd have to say, and I think that most Christians would hold the view, that there is such a thing as evil, and there are evil forces at work. You can articulate that by talking about Satan or the Devil; that's sound, Scriptural teaching.

I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

Do I believe in the devil? I don't believe in a figure with horns and a tail.

If you believe in the Devil, it means that you are already in his grip.

I was really scared of the devil growing up: I was convinced I was going to be possessed.

The devil is an angel too.

Get thee behind me Satan, and push me along. I'm kin to the devil.

Satan was a blunderer ... who made a stupendous failure. If he had succeeded, we should all have been worshipping him, and his portrait would have been more flattering.

The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over the devil.

Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.

We Christian writers must paint evil with the blackest of brushes, not to sow fear, but to call out the monsters to be scattered by our light. If Satan cloaks himself as an angel of white, intent on deceiving the world, any attempt on our parts to minimize evil is only complicit with his strategy... Turn to the light; don’t fear the shadows it creates.

The Devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience.

Satan has his sights on the United States of America.

At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge.

I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him

The angels did not merely sin and lose heaven, but they passed beyond all other beings in sin and made themselves fit denizens for hell.