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Recent Examples of Scripture
Dream books offered augury, poetry, and purpose—a kind of secular scripture for the numbers game.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
But what’s beautiful is that, in ancient Indian scriptures, there’s actually a whole school of thought called Nada Yoga, the yoga of deep listening.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Howard spoke of a scripture within the Bible where Prophet Elijah died next to his mentee Elisha.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
The space is modest but alive with experimentation: layers of acrylic, snippets of scripture and raw canvases in mid-transformation.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2025
Written during Ireland’s golden age (between the sixth and ninth centuries), the manuscripts included scripture, encyclopedic volumes and language manuals, according to the Guardian’s Rory Carroll.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Mobile phones, once verboten in houses of worship, are being allowed in some as congregants increasingly turn to them to follow the scriptures, stay connected and even digitally drop money in the collection plate.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Smith wasn’t able to listen in conversations with his wife about the role of faith filling in the gaps in Christian scripture, at times even questioning her faith.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
This scripture becomes a foretelling to the film’s narrative, and moreover the problems that soon follow.
—Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
But what’s beautiful is that, in ancient Indian scriptures, there’s actually a whole school of thought called Nada Yoga, the yoga of deep listening.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Howard spoke of a scripture within the Bible where Prophet Elijah died next to his mentee Elisha.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
The space is modest but alive with experimentation: layers of acrylic, snippets of scripture and raw canvases in mid-transformation.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2025
Written during Ireland’s golden age (between the sixth and ninth centuries), the manuscripts included scripture, encyclopedic volumes and language manuals, according to the Guardian’s Rory Carroll.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Mobile phones, once verboten in houses of worship, are being allowed in some as congregants increasingly turn to them to follow the scriptures, stay connected and even digitally drop money in the collection plate.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Smith wasn’t able to listen in conversations with his wife about the role of faith filling in the gaps in Christian scripture, at times even questioning her faith.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
This scripture becomes a foretelling to the film’s narrative, and moreover the problems that soon follow.
—Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
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“Scripture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Scripture. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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