But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
I don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life… — Helmut Thielicke Copy Share Image
“If theology means knowledge of God, every woman, serious about her faith, young or old, must be a theologian, must move beyond… — Rosalie De Rosset Copy Share Image
No one believes more strongly than I do that every Christian should be a theologian. In that sense, we all need to… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
I'm honestly not sure that I've ever tried to talk as a theologian about "homosexual acts," per se. My disagreement with the… — James Alison Copy Share Image
Medieval theologians used to dispute how the angels in the heaven spent their time, when not balancing on needle points and singing… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory,… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
It is impossible, except for theologians, to conceive of a world-wide scandal or a universe-wide scandal; the proof of this is the… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Being a theologian is not a matter of skillfully using methods but of being imbued with the theological spirit. . . liberation… — Leonardo Boff and Clodovis Boff Copy Share Image
Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“If you are a Christian, you are a theologian. You have no choice. Theology is simply knowing about God. In fact, since… — James Robert White Copy Share Image
Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man… — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
I do not think of God theistically, that is, as a being, supernatural in power, who dwells beyond the limits of my… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
We can't say what God is, and until the modern period, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theologians in the three God religions all… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
A theologian of the cross says what a thing is. In modern parlance: a theologian of the cross calls a spade a… — Gerhard Copy Share Image
I was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, and my neighbor was Michael Novak, a theologian and philosopher… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
God decreed to save and damn certain particular persons. This decree has its foundation in the foreknowledge of God, by which he… — Jacobus Arminius Copy Share Image
"Elohim," the name for the creative power in Genesis, is a female plural, a fact that generations of learned rabbis and Christian… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
If acorns start growing into theologians, or if women begin turning into pillars of salt, then we may wish to hypothesize about… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the… — Augustus Hopkins Strong Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship. If our learning and knowledge of God do not lead to the joyful… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
You can't relate to an absolute or it wouldn't be absolute, it would be relative. On an intellectual level, that's easy. However,… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I'd like to turn the whole Jesus story around and look at it from a different vantage point, to consider that he… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Salvation is accomplished by the almighty power of the Triune God. The Father chose a people, the Son died for them, the… — Loraine Boettner Copy Share Image
It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
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