“Just as a child is conceived in a womb of a woman, miraculously, so is grace freely given by God, in sacred… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
Language changes. If it does not change, like Latin it dies. But we need to be aware that as our language changes,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“For wordsmiths and masters of words, without necessarily being harsh with words, the words have a tendency to shoot straight to the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of creation of the kind that the Abrahamic faiths profess is such that it encourages the expectation that there will… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Knowing nature is part of knowing God. Faith directs us to the invisible God, but leads us back from God to the… — Arnold Albert van Ruler Copy Share Image
“Grace is costly because it calls us through our person to the person of Jesus Christ. And when we follow the person… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“If you meditate on the Holy Scriptures, you mind shall me on the Jesus Christ, the Saviour,” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“We imagine that our theological/conceptual systems are the means by which we know God as God is. I truly believe that such… — Tim Keel Copy Share Image
No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian is a theologian. Perhaps not a theologian in the technical or professional sense, but a… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Indeed, theological discourse offers its strange jubilation only to the strict extent that it permits and, dangerously, demands of it wokman that… — Jean-Luc Marion Copy Share Image
“There appears to be a fifth way, that of eminence. According to this I argue that it is incompatible with the idea… — John Duns Scotus Copy Share Image
“I have considered the impudent accusations of Mr Dawkins with exasperation at his lack of serious scholarship. He has apparently not read… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Religion is about God's truth, but none of us can grasp that truth absolutely, because of our own imperfections and limitations. We… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“There is a beauty in paradox when it comes to talking about things of ultimate concern. Paradox works against our tendency to… — Nanette Sawyer Copy Share Image
“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on… — Lori Lipman Brown Copy Share Image
“The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed:… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
