John H. Walton quotes

“The most central truth to the creation account is that this world is a place for God's presence.”
-- John H. Walton

Source : John H. Walton (2010). “The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate”, p.85, InterVarsity Press

#World Quotes #Creation Quotes #Accounts Quotes

“Our point, however, is not to worship the Bible; we worship the God of the Bible.”
-- John H. Walton

Source : John H. Walton, Brent Sandy (2013). “The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority”, p.12, InterVarsity Press

#Worship Quotes

“We must also remember some of the key lessons of Scripture. In our weakness he is strong. He can use suffering to strengthen our character. He can use evil to accomplish good (precisely the nature of the discussion in the book of Habakkuk). God's sovereignty is demonstrated in that whatever personal or nonpersonal agents do, God takes it and turns it to his purpose.”
-- John H. Walton

Source : John H. Walton (2010). “The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate”, p.134, InterVarsity Press

#Strong Quotes #Book Quotes #Character Quotes

“Since all people are in the image of God, all deserve to be treated with the dignity the image affords.”
-- John H. Walton

#People Quotes #Dignity Quotes #God Image Quotes

“Photographs are of course about their makers, and are to be read for what they disclose in that regard no less than for what they reveal of the world as their makers comprehend, invent, and describe it.”

Source : A. D. Coleman (1995). “Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community”, Nazraeli Press

“First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”

“Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.”

“It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.”

“Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow... the creation of new wilderness in the full sense of the word is impossible.”

“Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.”

Source : Said after studying the Ptolemaic system (attributed)

“If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon his creation, I should have recommended something simpler. Remarking on the complexity of Ptolemaic model of the universe after it was explained to him.”

“I am giving an account of what was, not of what ought or ought not to be.”

Source : Daniel Defoe (2007). “Moll Flanders”, p.167, Book Jungle

“Account no man happy till he dies.”

“Above all things expand the frontiers of science: without this the rest counts for nothing.”