One of the most amazing and perplexing features of mainstream Christianity is that seminarians who l...
BART D. EHRMAN There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.
BART D. EHRMAN It took at least three hundred years of debate before the question of the canon even began to reach ...
BART D. EHRMAN The authors of Job and Ecclesiastes explicitly state that there is no afterlife.
BART D. EHRMAN The approach taken to the Bible in almost all Protestant (and now Catholic) mainline seminaries is w...
BART D. EHRMAN Most of the people who are trained in Bible scholarship have been educated in theological institutio...
BART D. EHRMAN Arguably it is also the most thoroughly misunderstood, especially by the lay reading public.
BART D. EHRMAN I have often wondered what would have happened if Paul and Matthew had been locked up in a room toge...
BART D. EHRMAN In some parts of the church, the Apocalypse of John (the book of Revelation) was flat out rejected a...
BART D. EHRMAN What I want to show is that because of the very nature of the historical disciplines, historians can...
BART D. EHRMAN The Greek word apocalypsis means a “revealing” or an “unveiling.” Scholars have called this ...
BART D. EHRMAN In the American South, where I live, Christianity is very much about the Bible. Most Christians come...
BART D. EHRMAN Whether you are a believer—fundamentalist, evangelical, moderate, liberal—or a nonbeliever, the ...
BART D. EHRMAN One of my favorite apparent discrepancies—I read John for years without realizing how strange this...
BART D. EHRMAN Within three hundred years Jesus went from being a Jewish apocalyptic prophet to being God himself, ...
BART D. EHRMAN As we will see, there are lots of other discrepancies in the New Testament, some of them far more di...
BART D. EHRMAN 7. This is a consensus view among scholars today. For one thing, Matthew used Mark as a source for m...
BART D. EHRMAN 4. To cite one well-known example of this ignorance of Jewish customs: Mark 7:3 indicates that the P...
BART D. EHRMAN And so we have one of the great ironies of the early Christian tradition. The profoundly Jewish reli...
BART D. EHRMAN Why would God have inspired the words of the Bible if he chose not to preserve these words for poste...
BART D. EHRMAN Similarly, some biblical views of women are superior to others. And so the apostle Paul’s attitude...
BART D. EHRMAN Within three hundred years Jesus went from being a Jewish apocalyptic prophet to being God himself, ...
BART D. EHRMAN There were lots of early Christian groups. They all claimed to be right. They all had books to back ...
BART D. EHRMAN Only in the latest of our Gospels, John, a Gospel that shows considerably more theological sophistic...
BART D. EHRMAN The Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable contradictions. Moses did not wr...
BART D. EHRMAN Some people may think that it is a dangerous attitude to take toward the Bible, to pick and choose w...
BART D. EHRMAN In Matthew, Jesus declares, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” In Mark, he says,“Whoever ...
BART D. EHRMAN In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient s...
BART D. EHRMAN The historical problems with Luke are even more pronounced. For one thing, we have relatively good r...
BART D. EHRMAN [P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bibl...
BART D. EHRMAN The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go...
BART D. EHRMAN Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, ...
BART EHRMAN [Judas] is the good guy in this portrayal.
BART EHRMAN He is the good guy in this portrayal. In fact, he is not only the good guy, he is the only apostle w...
BART EHRMAN This is obviously one of the most unusual and contrary gospels written in Christian antiquity.
BART EHRMAN He's the good guy in this portrayal. He's the only apostle who understands Jesus.
BART EHRMAN The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a mate...
BART EHRMAN In the ancient world, Christianity was even more diverse than it was today.
BART EHRMAN We're confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature.
BART EHRMAN Often they think of him as somebody who was greedy, avaricious, who was more interested in making mo...
BART EHRMAN There's not a single scholar on the face of the Earth who buys any of it.
BART EHRMAN I just began to lose it. It wasn't for lack of trying. But I just couldn't believe there was a God i...
BART EHRMAN Given the circumstance that (God) didn't preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me...
BART EHRMAN For most people, the Bible is a non-problematic book. What people don't realize is that they're read...
BART EHRMAN It is even more fascinating than we imagined.
BART EHRMAN Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence
MAX EHRMAN If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greate...
MAX EHRMAN Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they ...
MAX EHRMAN The Tea Party did not run me out. If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.
BART STUPAK I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years...
BART STUPAK When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had h...
BART STUPAK We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion ...
BART STUPAK All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public fund...
BART STUPAK Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example o...
BART STUPAK I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position,...
BART STUPAK I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.
BART STUPAK When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthca...
BART STUPAK I'm pretty stubborn.
BART STUPAK No matter what the president or anyone tried to do on health care, they never got the headlines, bec...
BART STUPAK Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
BART STUPAK When you start talking about the patients' bill of rights and all the benefits that are in there...
BART STUPAK We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a lang...
BART STUPAK During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and ass...
BART STARR It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.
BART STARR If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent tha...
BART STARR I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American peopl...
BART STARR Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defen...
BART STARR When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'...
BART GORDON If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the ...
BART GORDON Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objection...
BART GORDON A free public broadcast license is a privilege.
BART GORDON If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about...
BART GORDON Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens ...
BART CONNER While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the Americ...
BART GORDON That was a big boost for our kids, mentally as well as time-wise. No team score was kept, but I was ...
BART WITTE Our goal is to be competitive in every event. And we're happy with how we did today.
BART WITTE It's going to be a situation where we're going to run a lot of different guys, hardly anyone's going...
BART WITTE The kids that were juniors that we major contributors last year will have to carry the load in the b...
BART WITTE I'm happy for the boys. I've been with the senior class now for six years and their hard work is pay...
BART WITTE We're talking about a lady having all her earthly possessions stripped from her house. She's destitu...
BART TUCKER You just get really close to these people.
BART TUCKER We've established a spark of hope here in this area. It's really starting to look like a community i...
BART TUCKER There was no one there. No one.
BART TUCKER It sounds like a lot but at the end of the day, the commissary would be empty. Depleted. They came r...
BART TUCKER At 1:30 in the morning, here come these crazy volunteers from Virginia, pounding on the doors.
BART TUCKER We were on a grand adventure, not knowing what, exactly, to expect. It was a mess of uncertainty.
BART TUCKER I'm very pleased. I don't remember when we have come out the first week and looked as sharp as we di...
BART TOOLEY That got Paul into a rhythm. We went back to the backfield they're comfortable with and that helped ...
BART TOOLEY We only ran 15 plays offensive plays in the first half and we just didn't get in synch. We were too ...
BART TOOLEY I think this win says last year wasn't a fluke.
BART TOOLEY It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the bi...
ROGER BART It's good to know that when we need to run the ball between the tackles we can. They were putting se...
BART TOOLEY Brandon Dunn is a tremendous athlete and their entire team should be proud of the way they played. T...
BART TOOLEY They run a lot of spread formation and they are quick and shifty, which is similar to how Dolgeville...
BART TOOLEY I am happy with the effort and with the result, but not with the execution. We made more than our sh...
BART TOOLEY The turning point was not letting them score again before halftime. It could have been 21-14. Instea...
BART TOOLEY This is one you circle on the calendar. And when you know that you're going to be playing them early...
BART TOOLEY This is a fun meet. It's getting down to crunch time and this is the kind of meet that we can experi...
BART THOMPSON Our girls have run well all season. And they continue to do so, despite losing some of our top runne...
BART THOMPSON Ryan just never quit. He didn't care who he was wrestling; he just kept going at it. He was facing a...
BART THOMPSON It was an absolute dogfight. I'm just as proud as I can be of our kids. Weber's been beating us all ...
BART THOMPSON Diane has been a stud and is getting back into form. It's looking like we'll get her back for region...
BART THOMPSON If we continue wrestling with all the heart and courage we have, I wouldn't bet against us. Our stud...
BART THOMPSON I think our overall depth is equal to or maybe even better than last year.
BART THOMPSON We continue to be where we want to be. We're definitely getting closer to our goal of having a good ...
BART THOMPSON It has been the last four years that the winner of this tournament has gone on to win the state cham...
BART THOMPSON We were trying to build on our momentum from (the CB West victory). We ran into a really good footba...
BART SZARKO Tony worked so hard in camp. We're hoping he comes back. The timetable says he will. He's a leader.
BART SZARKO We're not even going to watch the tape. Our non-league schedule is over. We're going to get ready fo...
BART SZARKO It's good having Joe around.
BART SZARKO We don't have another 20 years,
BART STUPAK If the Poe Lock were ever rendered unusable due to a terrorist attack or natural disaster, it would ...
BART STUPAK Working men and women have not had a fair shake in this country for the last few years and we really...
BART STUPAK Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? ... It's simply another example o...
BART STUPAK Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
BART STUPAK I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.
BART STUPAK While costs for full interoperability are estimated at $18 billion, for the second year in a row the...
BART STUPAK I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just be...
BART STUPAK As a congressman, I've never called for a ban. We've called for a full disclosure of the risks invol...
BART STUPAK If you want to continue to sell guns outside the normal course of market, being the hardware store o...
BART STUPAK What that told me was that the quarterback is the key to the whole deal, ... For Urban to be sleepin...
BART STARR My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playi...
BART STARR Desire and dedication are everything!
BART STARR Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the...
BART STARR If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than yo...
BART STARR Pork is not a verb
BART SIMPSON I am not delightfully saucy
BART SIMPSON I am not a dentist
BART SIMPSON I am not the last Don
BART SIMPSON I am not licensed to do anything
BART SIMPSON I am not a licensed hairstylist
BART SIMPSON I think it's ironic that for once dad's butt prevented the release of toxic gas.
BART SIMPSON I will not send lard through the mail
BART SIMPSON My butt does not deserve a website
BART SIMPSON I will not fake seizures
BART SIMPSON I remember how Bob skated very, very bad in Salt Lake. I know his parents well, and I remember huggi...
BART SCHOUTEN I think he saw his opportunity to do an Armstrong. Chad just took off like no one I've ever seen.
BART SCHOUTEN We were hoping for a miracle, but we knew she wasn't skating so well. The word she used yesterday wa...
BART SCHOUTEN She's laid back, but we all know she can step up when she wants to. In the big competitions, she alw...
BART SCHOUTEN For a rookie, he did pretty good with a gold, silver and bronze. I think he learned a ton.
BART SCHOUTEN Of course, he's upset. But he couldn't blame anybody and didn't want to blame anybody. When he loses...
BART SCHOUTEN I think it's the strongest team we've ever fielded.
BART SCHOUTEN Joey, to me, is the favorite now because of the way he's been skating.
BART SCHOUTEN He's an emotional guy. But I don't think he understood why this was happening. He was a little throw...
BART SCHOUTEN This is such a huge relief, a big burden off his shoulders. I think he can definitely get back on th...
BART SCHOUTEN Heartland reflects well on us because it's one of our premier arts organizations.
BART PETERSON I think it's pretty clear that there will be a significant number of new jobs at the finance center,
BART PETERSON We had a little bit of wrangling, ... but we got the job done, and we got it done quickly, and we go...
BART PETERSON It's now harder to vote in Indiana than any other state in the U.S.,
BART PETERSON We can expect the West to reply, even including the possibility of force, raising the temperature in...
BART MELEK The labor market seems to be fairly robust. Strong employment means income growth, and that means pe...
BART MELEK Warmer-than-expected fall weather and high prices have reduced energy demand in the western hemisphe...
BART MELEK Recent oil and fuel inventory trends are clearly demonstrating that the oil industry is no longer in...
BART MELEK They're our two big guns. If we're going to go anywhere this year, we got to have them hitting the b...
BART MCATEE That's big to get on top this early in the season because when you get down you start to kind of dou...
BART MCATEE It was kind of a statement game. But, it's early. I mean, we can't get too overconfident because thi...
BART MCATEE I don't know if we've beaten them in 10 years. I know at least 10, maybe longer than that. It's good...
BART MCATEE If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal...
BART GORDON This plan is coming out at a time when the nation is facing significant budgetary challenges. Gettin...
BART GORDON should not be done by cannibalizing other NASA missions.
BART GORDON I fear that the approach being taken by this administration to move the Vision forward over the near...
BART GORDON I was very pleased with what went on, ... I hit the ball extremely well. I made a couple of fairly d...
BART BRYANT It was an exciting round for me, most encouraging round that I played this year, because I finally w...
BART BRYANT It is what it is, unfortunately. It has highlighted the importance of long-term maintenance, and it ...
BART BRYANT It was an exciting round for me, the most encouraging all year. Because I made some birdies, which I...
BART BRYANT Tiger always lets you know he's around,
BART BRYANT I felt like I was supposed to make that putt. Two years ago, I don't think I would have believed I w...
BART BRYANT There is no question he played a huge role in getting me going as a pro,
BART BRYANT To scare Tiger a little, I think I'm going to have to put two or three of those up together.
BART BRYANT I feared choking my guts out a lot. All week long.
BART BRYANT It was kind of every golfer's dream. You make a putt to win a tournament and walk off to shake the h...
BART BRYANT Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
BART STARR We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle...
BART STARR Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
BART SIMPSON Rudolph's red nose is not alcohol-related
BART SIMPSON There's no such thing as a soul. It's just something they made up to scare kids, like the boogeyman ...
BART SIMPSON Dear God. We paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.
BART SIMPSON Hi, I'm looking for Amanda... Amanda Hug N Kiss.
BART SIMPSON I never thought it was humanly possible, but this both sucks and blows.
BART SIMPSON Mom, can we go Catholic so we can get communion wafers and booze?
BART SIMPSON Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.
BART SIMPSON Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given...
PETER BART You kill 'em, we grill 'em!
BART SIMPSON A lot of journalists who'd never dealt with Lucas, when they started competing ferociously for these...
PETER BART I'm concerned about cannibalizing other missions.
BART GORDON Conditions were tough. And when they're tough, it comes down to willpower ? who wants it most ? and ...
BART SCHOUTEN It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corpo...
PETER BART We're young. We have a lot of freshmen, sophomores and juniors.
BART BROOKS He has been hopeless and helpless. It was just so hard to see as a coach.
BART SCHOUTEN We were all just shocked because at 49 years of age he has grown kids and he's a full time pilot.
BART CONNER The putt I made for bogey
BART BRYANT We normally would have beaten them 9 out of 10 times. But this is Turin - they can do a little bit e...
BART SCHOUTEN I just said, 'I'm tied for the lead at a great tournament, ... All that matters is what I do from th...
BART BRYANT You could say it is the most advanced propulsion system available. There are a whole lot of features...
BART OLSON For the Blues, if this indeed is the case, it's an exciting time to have new ownership. Everybody on...
BART ROGERS Today, we are one important step closer to realizing this fantastic opportunity for thousands of new...
BART PETERSON It's a lone time to be a Democrat in Indiana.
BART PETERSON I would expect eminent domain to play a significant role in the rebuilding of New Orleans. My guess ...
BART PETERSON They think it will reduce the number of Democrats who'll vote,
BART PETERSON I don't think it's going to be a wide margin either way, ... But I do believe it will pass. Because ...
BART PETERSON