I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going… — Godfried Danneels Copy Share Image
Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger,… — Dorothee Solle Copy Share Image
According to Christian belief, man exists for the sake of God; according to the liberal church, in practice if not in theory,… — John Gresham Machen 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 is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so… — J. L. Mackie Copy Share Image
The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety. — Thomas Oden Copy Share Image
Theologians are all alike, of whatever religion or country they may be; their aim is always to wield despotic authority over men's… — Frederick The Great 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
For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God's mercies: your wounds do not surpass the great Physician's skill. — Cyril of Jerusalem Copy Share Image
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation. — Averroes Copy Share Image
And when we take ourselves too seriously, we are grim about the brothers and sisters, especially the dissenting ones, and there will… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible,… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The world will never be converted to God unitl Christians cry less and laugh and sing more. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The nature of God is something that is of serious interest to believers, to theologians, and to philosophers. And yet we can't… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
Even theologians, even the great theologians of the thirteenth century, even Saint Thomas Aquinas himself did not trust to faith alone, or… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
