Cornelius Van Til Quotes

Real Christianity is based upon God's word given to us through the scriptures, and His word is final.

Why would anyone walk through life satisfied with the light from the candle of their own understanding when, by reaching out to our Heavenly Father, they could experience the bright sun of spiritual knowledge that would expand their minds with wisdom and fill their souls with joy?

After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth.

However, the Bible is called the Word of God because the whole transcript is an inspired, faithful, and infallible record of what God determined essential for us to know about Himself, the cosmos in which we live, our spiritual allies and adversaries, and our fellow man.

Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses.

Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual.

The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation.

The Bible is the fountain of truth.

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

The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.

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 Scriptures are the truth from God.

The word for knowledge appears in the Koran more often than any other except God.

The Bible is … authoritative on everything of which it speaks. And it speaks of everything.

And the Lord said unto Samuel. Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee

If the word of God and scholarship disagree, then to Hell with scholarship!

No one will ever convince me that the word of God is not true.

If we believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then we shouldn't be recognizing it only as a book of historical and economic significance.

The Bible is referred to in scripture as the sword of the spirit.

I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves.

Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.

I am inclined to think that the authority of Holy Scripture is intended to convince men of those truths which are necessary for their salvation, which, being far above man's understanding, can not be made credible by any learning, or any other means than revelation by the Holy Spirit.

If you're going to say you're Catholic, you inform your conscience so that you're activities will conform to what God is telling us through the Church. If God is telling you something outside of that, well, the Church will look at that and say: we think it is true or we don't think it is true. The Church might say: that might be true for you but it has no public normative value.

I think self-education is the greatest and best thing you could ever make.

A look of faith knows what God says about a situation - and what God says is final.