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title: "11 Theology God Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [A mystery, in Christian theology, is what God knows and man cannot, and must instead believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-lepore/a-mystery-in-christian-theology-is-what-god-knows-and-man-cannot-and/)

[Jill Lepore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-lepore/)

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> [Don't create theology about God so that you can feel better about Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/don-t-create-theology-about-god-so-that-you-can-feel-better-about-him/)

[Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/)

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> [A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/a-theology-whose-god-is-a-metaphor-is-wasting-its-time/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

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> [I would say that teleology is theology, and that God is not a "because," but rather an "in order to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-unamuno/i-would-say-that-teleology-is-theology-and-that-god-is-not-a-because/)

[Miguel de Unamuno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-unamuno/)

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> [In Reformed theology, if God is not sovereign over the entire created order, then he is not sovereign at all. The term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/in-reformed-theology-if-god-is-not-sovereign-over-the-entire-created/)

[R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/)

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> [“We reduce our theology of God to match the “facts” of our circumstances, instead of the truth of who He is. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-m-smeltzer/we-reduce-our-theology-of-god-to-match-the-facts-of-our-circumstances/)

[Kristen M. Smeltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-m-smeltzer/)

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> [“God helps those who help themselves' is common sense, 'God helps those who cannot help themselves' is sound theology, and 'God helps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/god-helps-those-who-help-themselves-is-common-sense-god-helps-those/)

[Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/)

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> [It is not opinions that man needs: it is TRUTH. It is not theology; it is God. It is not religion: it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/it-is-not-opinions-that-man-needs-it-is-truth-it-is-not-theology-it/)

[Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/)

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> [The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/the-acid-test-for-any-theology-is-this-is-the-god-presented-one-that/)

[Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/)

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> [“God is love, John’s Gospel tells us. That’s a whole theology in three words. The practical application of that theology—God is love—is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-braestrup/god-is-love-john-s-gospel-tells-us-that-s-a-whole-theology-in-three/)

[Kate Braestrup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-braestrup/)

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> [The third major characteristic of God - "infinitude" - is the catchall, the universal modifier of Christian theology. God is not merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-h-smith/the-third-major-characteristic-of-god-infinitude-is-the-catchall-the/)

[George H. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-h-smith/)

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