As in art, poetry, music, etc., the best theology is worked out in pain — Steve Chalke Copy Share Image
Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics, — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)” — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology. — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
“The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It is through your experience you find out who you really are and who you are is from finding your own experience… — Charleston Parker Copy Share Image
I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason. — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
The states of consciousness are all that psychology needs to do her work with. Metaphysics or theology may prove the Soul to… — William James Copy Share Image
“Religion is not delusion, for most part it's therapeutic, but the notion that you're doomed if you don't pick a particular religion,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“. . . anyone who wants to elaborate relevant liberation theology must be prepared to go into the 'examination hall' of the… — Leonardo Boff and Clodovis Boff Copy Share Image
The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
The Bible, of course, is not a theology book. It is certainly not a philosophy book. So we have to derive the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Some have paid me an undeserved compliment by supposing that my Letters were the ripe fruit of many years' study in moral… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I say that creeds, dogmas, and theologies are inventions of the mind. It is the nature of the mind to make sense… — Howard Thurman Copy Share Image
Tolerance is not a spiritual gift; it is the distinguishing mark of postmodernism; and sadly, it has permeated the very fiber of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand… — Francis George Copy Share Image
“The study of theology is not merely a theoretical exercise of the intellect. It is a study of the living God, and… — Wayne Grudem Copy Share Image
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
“We have already compared the benefits of theology and science. When the theologian governed the world, it was covered with huts and… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“In post-Christendom, the church is that community of people who look to discover what God is actively doing in the world around… — Tim Keel Copy Share Image
“When the Lord's request comes, will remove all other demands.” — Kamaran Ihsan Salih Copy Share Image