Theology Quotes · Page 15

“Tema 'Boga' ne dispenzira teologa od njegove biografije. To ga razlikuje od stručnjaka koji se bavi znanošću o religiji.”

— Johann Baptist Metz

“Civil government and economics and society change because theology changes.”

— Joseph C. Morecraft III

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself.

— C. S. Lewis

A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution [the University of Virginia]

— Thomas Jefferson

“If we are to be biblical, then, the issue is not whether we should have a doctrine of predestination or not, but…

— R.C. Sproul

This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.

— Martin Luther

“Theology is speaking about God while in the very presence of God. We are intimately engaged with the subject of our study.”

— Michael F. Bird

“You have been adopted. You are God’s beloved sons and daughters. Do you really think God is waiting to attack you on…

— David A. Fiensy

James 2:19- 'You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that- and shudder.' God doesn't just want us to…

— Francis Chan

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust…

— Eric Metaxas

“Without the hard we stay too soft, and heaven is reduced to myths like life. Theology aside, it’s plain to see that…

— Chila Woychik

The Book of Job and the 19th Psalm, which even the Church admits to be more ancient than the chronological order in…

— Thomas Paine

We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We…

— John Piper

“[N]early all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—[is] the long terrible story of man trying to…

— C.S. Lewis

Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.

— Laozi

“Christ is our Friend; He is also the Righteous King. God is our Father; He is also the Sovereign Lord. Christianity can…

— Criss Jami

Now, brethren, this is one of our greatest faults in our Christian lives. We are allowing too many rivals of God. We…

— Anonymous

Systematic theology will ask questions like "What are the attributes of God? What is sin? What does the cross achieve?" Biblical theology…

— D. A. Carson

For this knowledge of right living, we have sought a new name... . As theology is the science of religious life, and…

— Ellen Swallow Richards

“The more important point is that Reality is much more 'nuanced' that we may imagine. Operationally co-existent economies make for a much…

— R. Alan Woods

“Očevidno je da ne postoji nikakav smisao povijesti koji bi se dao spasiti leđima okrenutim prema Auschwitzu niti postoji Bog kojemu se…

— Johann Baptist Metz

It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or…

— Samuel Johnson

This withdrawal of theology from the world of secular affairs is made more complete by the work of biblical scholars whose endlessly…

— Lesslie Newbigin

“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.”

— Michael F. Bird

The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.

— Hans Kung

“To reject theology is to reject the knowledge of God. This is not an option for the Christian.”

— R.C. Sproul

I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life.

— Krista Tippett

“If thinking wants to think God, then it must endeavor to tell stories.”

— Eberhard Jüngel

Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology.

— Anonymous

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.

— Thomas Paine

Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

— Taslima Nasrin

Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.

— John Piper

“If you walk in the Spirit, know your Bible, and spend sufficient time alone with God, your theology will take care of…

— R.T. Kendall

The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare of humanity.

— Tommy Douglas

“Metagapism is the belief that love is the ultimate reality, literally god and the one shared soul, and the source, nature and…

— John K. Brown

Cultural predilections are not to be confused with theological absolutes. The former are preferences - the latter are immutable.

— Randy Vader

Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ.

— Will Durant

“Cosmopolitanism emphasizes and is grounded in a _singular relationality between and among people”

— Namsoon Kang

“When Millennials face turmoil, they don’t just need answers from God, they need God.”

— David Kinnaman