Max Lucado Quotes

Those who would send out thousands of questionnaires asking the unconverted what they would desire most in a worship service should realize that ten thousand unanimous opinions of carnal men do not carry the authority of one jot or tittle of God's Word.

I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me.

The Bible is the fountain of truth.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

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 Word of God is active, energizing, sharp and powerful like a two-edged sword.

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

Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.

Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.

God is the author of the Bible, and only the truth it contains will lead people to true happiness.

As a preacher who is fully human, and clearly not divine, I can't speak as Jesus did. But I do seek to speak truth that carries weight and authority. All of us who preach the gospel aspire to speak under the authority of Jesus.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.

Faith accepts the Bible as the word and will of God and rests upon its truth without question and without other evidence.

The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.

I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church.

I'd rather be biblically correct than politically correct.

Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs.

We are not called upon to enter into controversy with those who hold false theories. Controversy is unprofitable. Christ never entered into it. 'It is written' is the weapon used by the world's Redeemer. Let us keep close to the Word. Let us allow the Lord Jesus and His messengers to testify. We know that their testimony is true.

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions.

[The] doctrine of the total depravity of man makes it plain that the moral consciousness of man as he is today cannot be the source of information about what is ideal good or about what is the standard of the good.... No man living can even put the moral problem as he ought to put it, or ask the moral questions as he ought to ask them, unless he does so in the light of Scripture.

Adopt the laws of God…until there is time to frame better