John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Children are an heritage of the Lord. And rear them right. If you are going to raise trash who don't obey anybody, with no discipline, no control, and don't learn to work, and don't make good grades in school and turn out to be dope-heads and drop-outs, and live on welfare, then you had better not marry; you are not fit to have a home. - John R. Rice

But those godly people who raise godly children, with discipline and a family altar and great moral standards, oh, God will prosper that. We need that kind of children, too. "Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them." - John R. Rice

This Word of God, what a comfort it is! If children learn to read the Bible, they learn to read other books. They learn good language. They learn big words. They learn great moral principles. It was no accident that my children all sailed through college. You have a good start for a college education when you read the Bible through and aloud, with everybody listening. That instills character and discipline. - John R. Rice

It pays to put Christ at the head of your home. Put the Bible in your home, and God will bless you. - John R. Rice

The Bible is the only rule by which a Christian may safely go. Right or wrong, for the Christian, is settled by the will of God as expressed in His Word, the infallible Bible. - John R. Rice

Some foolish and some wicked men say that the death penalty, when assessed by the court and executed in the electric chair, is only legalized murder. But they do err, not knowing the Scriptures. God has plainly commanded that organized society shall kill murderers and those guilty of certain other crimes. - John R. Rice

God demands that "whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." And thereafter, through all the Bible, in all dispensations, this rule has held good and holds good today. God demands that murderers shall be put to death by society. - John R. Rice