In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason. — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“It is through your experience you find out who you really are and who you are is from finding your own experience… — Charleston Parker Copy Share Image
“The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics, — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology. — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
“Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)” — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
In Islamic theology, the phallic symbol is very important. Your biggest phallic symbol is New York City and your tallest building will… — Isser Harel Copy Share Image
“Many of the seminal social issues of our time - poverty, lack of education, human trafficking, war and torture, domestic abuse -… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sin is an archery term meaning to miss the mark. If we are born sinners, and God created us that way, didn't… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“Peruse all the sermons of Jesus and you will be sure to find parables, and sometimes allegory. What you will always find,… — Jerome Strong Copy Share Image
These systems attempt to box God into a government confined within the perspective of man. Yet when humanity is used as the… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
“I renounce the higher harmony altogether. It's not worth the tears of that one tortured child who...prayed..with...unexpiated tears to 'dear,kind God!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“We don’t find God in temples and cathedrals. We don’t find Him by standing on a prayer rug or sitting in a… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Christians have always tended to transform the Christian Revelation into a Christian religion. Christianity is said to be a religion like any… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“One should regard one's religious or denominational affiliation as a point of departure, a point of entry, not the point of arrival… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“The Anselmian call for "faith seeking understanding" may start and gather it's energy not in rational study of past theological points but… — Andrew Root Copy Share Image
“If the saints fails to declare the truth, the Holy Spirit shall teach true words of God.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step. — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
Mythology is not religion. It may rather be regarded as the ancient substitute, the poetical counterpart, for dogmatic theology. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized. — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures help us to build a strong trust in the truth of God.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“The unspiritual is a slave to sin.…! But spiritual is slave to righteousness in Christ Jesus.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology! — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“It is not that men become too intelligent for God,' says the Apologist, 'but rather they become too arrogant for intelligence.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“But here we see the peace of God is not the absence of negative thoughts, it is the presence of God himself.” — Tim Keller Copy Share Image
“I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism.” — Austin Fischer Copy Share Image
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I believe that theology is facing the abyss. I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem… — Mev Puleo Copy Share Image
“Sin may appear good. But by God's commandment sin might become utterly sinful.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
