Theology Quotes · Page 17

“An Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind.”

— Charleston Parker

Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education.

— Luther Burbank

“A covenant differs from a contract almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution.”

— Scott Hahn

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

— Ludwig Feuerbach

I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals.

— Andrew Linzey

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

— Krista Tippett

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

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this…

— William James

“Theology alone doesn't convine anyone. Only those words which are pregnant with action, theology that is born of suffering, of struggles, of…

— Mev Puleo

This whole Christian theology thing is that god came down to experience life through his son. Well, how's he experiencing life if…

— Tori Amos

“I am not aligned in my thinking with Calvinism, neither am I aligned in my thinking with Arminianism. I have proposed a…

— R. Alan Woods

“Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If…

— Paul David Tripp

“I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the…

— John Piper

Like the Bible-a document that often contradicts itself and from which one can construct sharply different arguments-theology is the product of human…

— Jon Meacham

“If you want to find out if someone is truly holy, don't ask them whether they believe in god, ask them instead,…

— Abhijit Naskar

Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets…

— Peter Adamson

The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology…

— Anonymous

“Those who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water…

— Rumi

One can't found a novel theology on Nothing, and nothing is so secure a foundation as a contradiction. Look at the great…

— Gene Wolfe

Rationally considered, nothing can be more absurd than the baptism of infants under any circumstances. No statement, no matter by whom it…

— Anonymous

“I have considered the impudent accusations of Mr Dawkins with exasperation at his lack of serious scholarship. He has apparently not read…

— Richard Dawkins

What I see now is that even with the Islamists, who have been portraying themselves as the alternative to corruption and dictatorship…

— Tariq Ramadan

It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces…

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

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

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

— Randy Vader

“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

“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

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

— Taslima Nasrin

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

— Thomas Paine

“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

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

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

— Michael F. Bird

“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