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> [I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/i-m-interested-in-the-history-of-ideas-and-how-these-ideas-take-on/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

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## More by Kevin Vanhoozer

> [Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/being-a-systematic-theologian-allows-me-to-indulge-all-my-interests/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Pride does not listen. It knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/pride-does-not-listen-it-knows/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Life is something to be done, and so is drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/life-is-something-to-be-done-and-so-is-drama/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Christianity is neither a system of ideas nor of morality but a way, a way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/christianity-is-neither-a-system-of-ideas-nor-of-morality-but-a-way-a/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [All biblical exegetes and theologians have a theory of language, whether they acknowledge it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/all-biblical-exegetes-and-theologians-have-a-theory-of-language/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Everyday life became infused with urgency as I tried to speak and act in ways that fit the holy script and glorified God in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/everyday-life-became-infused-with-urgency-as-i-tried-to-speak-and-act/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/i-m-interested-in-the-history-of-ideas-and-how-these-ideas-take-on/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples, we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/theology-is-faith-seeking-understanding-but-understanding-is-more/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [“If I speak in the tongues of Reformers and of professional theologians, and I have not personal faith in Christ, my theology is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/if-i-speak-in-the-tongues-of-reformers-and-of-professional/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/desire-for-god-without-doctrine-is-blind-doctrine-without-desire-is/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come to theology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/too-often-however-the-church-professes-its-faith-but-is-unsure-how-to/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

> [My goal as a theologian is to move beyond the acquisition of knowledge to its application in real life: in a word, I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/my-goal-as-a-theologian-is-to-move-beyond-the-acquisition-of/)

[Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/)

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