Theology Quotes · Page 21

The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.

— Edward Abbey

“Theology is something that is learned, lived, sung, preached, and renewed through the dynamic interaction between God and his people.”

— Michael F. Bird

Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today.

— Oliver D. Crisp

Dogma? Faith? These are the right and left pillars of every soul-crushing theology. Theosophists have no dogmas, exact no blind faith.

— H. P. Blavatsky

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

— H. L. Mencken

“knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his…

— Thomas Aquinas

Mormonism is not simply a commitment to a theology or a church practice, but a social-cultural order.

— Sterling M. McMurrin

Religious conservatives still lack a theology of direct political action.

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

I found myself immediately attracted to Pope John Paul II when, upon his election to the Papacy, his published speeches invariably called…

— Robert H. Schuller

My mother believed he would be healed. She counted on God, and the worst thing happened. The impact of that error in…

— Philip Yancey

Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied…

— John Gresham Machen

“If I love a dose of (good) theology or philosophy, I probably also love discipline, improvement, wisdom, and challenges. If I hate…

— Criss Jami

I think Pope Francis is a guy who comes from a certain place in the world, and that shapes how he processes…

— Bill O'Reilly

Human paleontology shares a peculiar trait with such disparate subjects as theology and extraterrestrial biology: it contains more practitioners than objects for…

— David Pilbeam

“Fundamentalism's strident denunciation of its opponents is a sign of its weakness, its dogmatic authoritarianism is a pathological mutation of faith.”

— Alan Aldridge

In correct theology, the Virgin ought not to be represented in bed, for she could not suffer like ordinary women, but her…

— Henry Adams

“Time is the very lens through which ye see—small and clear, as men see through the wrong end of a telescope—something that…

— C.S. Lewis

Make philosophy thy journey, theology thy journey's end: philosophy is a pleasant way, but dangerous to him that either tires or retires;…

— Francis Quarles

“God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without…

— Thomas Aquinas

The sceptics end in the infidelity which asserts the problem to be insoluble, or in the atheism which denies the existence of…

— Thomas Huxley

Labels such as, 'evangelical', 'fundamental', 'charismatic', 'liberal' contribute to polarization and produce a climate of implied or outspoken distrust. Respectful dialogue becomes…

— Robert H. Schuller

But the others, those who tried to bring Jesus to life at the call of love, found it a cruel task to…

— Albert Schweitzer

I do not believe that God intended the study of theology to be dry and boring. Theology is the study of God…

— Wayne Grudem

Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized…

— Jim Elliot

“Lord, forgive us for the times we have read about Gethsemane with dry eyes.”

— Frederick S. Leahy

“If we neither regard the deeds nor respect the works of God, it leads to rebellion.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Be assured, there is nothing new in theology except that which is false.

— Charles Spurgeon

If you don't listen to theology, that won't mean you have no ideas about God, it will mean you have a lot…

— C. S. Lewis

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

— R. C. Sproul

“If you don’t know the difference between theology and religious studies, then you’re a theologian.”

— Brian Bocking

“My greatest fear is time wasted—a life spent. My greatest fear is passing away from this world without leaving a lasting impact.”

— M.J. Chrisman

I am very interested in theology. In fact, my first degree was in theology, so it's something that interests me greatly.

— Neil Cross

All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth.

— Sam Harris

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology…

— John Burroughs

Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.

— James A. Garfield

“I'm of the opinion and quite certain that our 'personal histories' with God are meant to be well informed by the Scriptures”

— R. Alan Woods 2007

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE”

— Charleston Parker

Infinite possibility in all things is a certainty. That pretty much covers theology and philosophy for me.

— Robert Fulghum

God is the Truth. The Bible is the truth about the Truth. Theology is the truth about the truth about the Truth.

— Richard Wurmbrand