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> [In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/in-theology-we-must-consider-the-predominance-of-authority-in/)

[Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/)

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> [I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/i-enjoy-poetry-where-i-can-talk-as-bizarre-as-i-please-but-theology/)

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

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> [I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-learned-more-about-god-from-the-tears-of-homeless-mothers-than-any/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [“It is through your experience you find out who you really are and who you are is from finding your own experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charleston-parker/it-is-through-your-experience-you-find-out-who-you-really-are-and-who/)

[Charleston Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charleston-parker/)

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> [“The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/the-obsession-with-putting-ourselves-at-the-centre-of-everything-is/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

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> [Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/exactly-halfway-between-exegesis-and-practical-theology-stands/)

[Karl Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barth/)

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> [Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/evangelicalism-can-only-remain-evangelical-if-it-is-passionately/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

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> [“Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellis-peters/oh-sometimes-i-like-to-put-the-sand-of-doubt-into-the-oyster-of-my/)

[Ellis Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellis-peters/)

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> [In Islamic theology, the phallic symbol is very important. Your biggest phallic symbol is New York City and your tallest building will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isser-harel/in-islamic-theology-the-phallic-symbol-is-very-important-your-biggest/)

[Isser Harel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isser-harel/)

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> [“Many of the seminal social issues of our time - poverty, lack of education, human trafficking, war and torture, domestic abuse -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/many-of-the-seminal-social-issues-of-our-time-poverty-lack-of/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

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> [We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-cannot-become-starched-christians-too-polite-who-speak-of-theology/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [Sin is an archery term meaning to miss the mark. If we are born sinners, and God created us that way, didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rock-cowles/sin-is-an-archery-term-meaning-to-miss-the-mark-if-we-are-born/)

[Rock Cowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rock-cowles/)

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> [The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-emerson-fosdick/the-fact-that-astronomies-change-while-the-stars-abide-is-a-true/)

[Harry Emerson Fosdick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-emerson-fosdick/)

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> [“Peruse all the sermons of Jesus and you will be sure to find parables, and sometimes allegory. What you will always find,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-strong/peruse-all-the-sermons-of-jesus-and-you-will-be-sure-to-find-parables/)

[Jerome Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-strong/)

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> [These systems attempt to box God into a government confined within the perspective of man. Yet when humanity is used as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evans/these-systems-attempt-to-box-god-into-a-government-confined-within/)

[Tony Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evans/)

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> [“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!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/i-renounce-the-higher-harmony-altogether-it-s-not-worth-the-tears-of/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [“We don’t find God in temples and cathedrals. We don’t find Him by standing on a prayer rug or sitting in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/we-don-t-find-god-in-temples-and-cathedrals-we-don-t-find-him-by/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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> [Christians have always tended to transform the Christian Revelation into a Christian religion. Christianity is said to be a religion like any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-ellul/christians-have-always-tended-to-transform-the-christian-revelation/)

[Jacques Ellul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-ellul/)

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> [You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/you-know-all-mystics-catholic-christian-non-christian-no-matter-what/)

[Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/)

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> [“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/the-bible-is-different-because-it-is-the-word-of-god-by-which-he/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

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> [Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/society-attacks-early-when-the-individual-is-helpless-it-enslaves-him/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/it-was-morality-that-burned-the-books-of-the-ancient-sages-and/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [“One should regard one's religious or denominational affiliation as a point of departure, a point of entry, not the point of arrival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/one-should-regard-one-s-religious-or-denominational-affiliation-as-a/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

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> [“The Anselmian call for "faith seeking understanding" may start and gather it's energy not in rational study of past theological points but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-root/the-anselmian-call-for-faith-seeking-understanding-may-start-and/)

[Andrew Root](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-root/)

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> [“If the saints fails to declare the truth, the Holy Spirit shall teach true words of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/if-the-saints-fails-to-declare-the-truth-the-holy-spirit-shall-teach/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustavo-gutierrez/theology-is-reflection-a-critical-attitude-the-commitment-of-love-of/)

[Gustavo Gutiérrez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustavo-gutierrez/)

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> [Mythology is not religion. It may rather be regarded as the ancient substitute, the poetical counterpart, for dogmatic theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-william-hare/mythology-is-not-religion-it-may-rather-be-regarded-as-the-ancient/)

[Augustus William Hare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-william-hare/)

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> [The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/the-atmosphere-of-our-time-is-fast-being-cleared-of-the-fumes-and/)

[John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/)

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> [If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer/if-our-theology-does-not-quicken-the-conscience-and-soften-the-heart/)

[J. I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer/)

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> [Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/kant-certainly-was-sympathetic-with-the-metaphysical-tradition-of/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

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> [“Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures help us to build a strong trust in the truth of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/knowledge-of-the-holy-scriptures-help-us-to-build-a-strong-trust-in/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [“The unspiritual is a slave to sin.…! But spiritual is slave to righteousness in Christ Jesus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/the-unspiritual-is-a-slave-to-sin-but-spiritual-is-slave-to/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-d-crisp/one-of-the-things-we-in-the-reformed-tradition-are-very-good-at-is/)

[Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-d-crisp/)

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> [“It is not that men become too intelligent for God,' says the Apologist, 'but rather they become too arrogant for intelligence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/it-is-not-that-men-become-too-intelligent-for-god-says-the-apologist/)

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

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> [“But here we see the peace of God is not the absence of negative thoughts, it is the presence of God himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-keller/but-here-we-see-the-peace-of-god-is-not-the-absence-of-negative/)

[Tim Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-keller/)

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> [“I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-fischer/i-believe-we-best-say-yes-to-god-s-glory-and-sovereignty-by-saying-no/)

[Austin Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-fischer/)

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> [I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-sharpton/i-very-rarely-read-any-fiction-i-love-biographies-i-read-about-all/)

[Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-sharpton/)

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> [“Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/philosophy-as-i-shall-understand-the-word-is-something-intermediate-2/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [“I believe that theology is facing the abyss. I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mev-puleo/i-believe-that-theology-is-facing-the-abyss-i-must-face-the-abyss-the/)

[Mev Puleo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mev-puleo/)

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> [“Sin may appear good. But by God's commandment sin might become utterly sinful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/sin-may-appear-good-but-by-god-s-commandment-sin-might-become-utterly/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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