Theological Quotes · Page 10

People may not be impressed by our theological grasp, but they may be impressed by our expressions of practical godliness.

— Alistair Begg

“There are two ways of life, one leading to righteousness, which brings happiness, and the other to unrighteousness, which produces misery. One…

— Arthur Findlay

Only when a disputed point has long caused bloodshed and disturbance, or when a successful invader (military or theological) insists on a…

— Edward Jenks

The picture of Kant as the 'theological Robespierre' or the "world-crusher" was first suggested by someone with whom Kant stood in a…

— Allen W. Wood

And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered theological rancor.

— Edward Gibbon

More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in…

— William Barclay

Ninety percent of [contemporary philosophers] see their principle task as that of beating religion out of men's heads. ... We are far…

— Kurt Gödel

After Bruno's death, during the first half of the seventeenth century, Descartes seemed about to take the leadership of human thought... in…

— Andrew Dickson White

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.

— Wilfred Owen

[Albert] Schweitzer thus carved out his own path through the first half of this century, a lonely and learned giant amidst the…

— N. T. Wright

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner…

— Felix Adler

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.

— Roland Allen

Theological anthropology is a lot simpler when humans are the only ones with souls.

— James S.A. Corey

Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from…

— Pope Francis

There is another important point: encountering the poor. If we step outside ourselves we find poverty. Today-it sickens the heart to say…

— Pope Francis

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“Anytime you meditate, some electric jerks occur in your thigh...the symbol of premonition of an unpleasant event that has happened or will…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel…

— Criss Jami

When God saved me, He gave me a thirst to learn and to read and to study. I thrived in college. I…

— Tullian Tchividjian

To understand a Bible text it takes an act of the Holy Spirit equal to the act that inspired the text in…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological…

— Wilhelm Dilthey

The contingency of history (both for life in general and for the cultures of Homo sapiens ) and human free will (in…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

— James Anthony Froude

Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or…

— Brenda Ueland

My main source for faith-based stuff is mostly the Bible, and a childhood with a much, much higher-than-median exposure to theological thought.

— Jim Butcher