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> [I had a place at university to study theology and philosophy. I got the divinity prize at my school two years in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-lloyd-hughes/i-had-a-place-at-university-to-study-theology-and-philosophy-i-got/)

[Ben Lloyd-Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-lloyd-hughes/)

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> [“Here I stand, so help me God, I can do no other. With the greater consciousness of the issues involved comes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-h-clark/here-i-stand-so-help-me-god-i-can-do-no-other-with-the-greater/)

[Gordon H. Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-h-clark/)

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> [To all of us who hold the Christian belief that God is truth, anything that is true is a fact about God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilda-phoebe-hudson/to-all-of-us-who-hold-the-christian-belief-that-god-is-truth-anything/)

[Hilda Phoebe Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilda-phoebe-hudson/)

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> [“Cosmopolitanism has offered me an ethical perspective and a conceptual framework with which to read the \_signs of our times\_ as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/cosmopolitanism-has-offered-me-an-ethical-perspective-and-a/)

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

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> [“The speculative thinker makes Christianity into theology, instead of recognizing that a living relationship to Christ involves passion, struggle, decision, personal appropriation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-e-moore/the-speculative-thinker-makes-christianity-into-theology-instead-of/)

[Charles E. Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-e-moore/)

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> [I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-have-no-use-for-cranks-who-despise-music-because-it-is-a-gift-of/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“Without the hard we stay too soft, and heaven is reduced to myths like life. Theology aside, it’s plain to see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chila-woychik/without-the-hard-we-stay-too-soft-and-heaven-is-reduced-to-myths-like/)

[Chila Woychik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chila-woychik/)

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> [The Book of Job and the 19th Psalm, which even the Church admits to be more ancient than the chronological order in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-book-of-job-and-the-19th-psalm-which-even-the-church-admits-to-be/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/programs-systems-and-methods-sit-well-in-the-ivory-towers-of/)

[Joni Eareckson Tada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-eareckson-tada/)

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> [“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/what-causes-love-since-it-is-a-passion-is-its-object-and-since-it-is/)

[Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/)

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> [“Killing a bunch of Jihadis may be morally justified, to save humanity from their wrath, but it won't terminate Jihad for long.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/killing-a-bunch-of-jihadis-may-be-morally-justified-to-save-humanity/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [“The miracles of healing, important as they were, were not an end in themselves. They did not constitute the highest good of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eldon-ladd/the-miracles-of-healing-important-as-they-were-were-not-an-end-in/)

[George Eldon Ladd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eldon-ladd/)

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> [“Throughout history, Christians have faced the persistent temptation of confusing the language we use to talk about God with the essence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-roth/throughout-history-christians-have-faced-the-persistent-temptation-of/)

[John D. Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-roth/)

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> [As long as the Southern colleges have revivals on their campuses and students get converted to Methodism and join the YMCA and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/as-long-as-the-southern-colleges-have-revivals-on-their-campuses-and/)

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

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> [We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-a-blackmun/we-need-not-resolve-the-difficult-question-of-when-life-begins-when/)

[Harry A. Blackmun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-a-blackmun/)

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> [ By profession a biologist, \[Thomas Henry Huxley\] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/by-profession-a-biologist-thomas-henry-huxley-covered-in-fact-the/)

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

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> [We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/we-ought-not-speak-too-long-about-god-with-our-minds-before-we-turn/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [ “\[N\]early all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—\[is\] the long terrible story of man trying to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/n-early-all-that-we-call-human-history-money-poverty-ambition-war/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-fancy-theologies-and-imaginary-ideas-and-do-some-ordinary/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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> [“Theology starts with a crisis, the very crisis of reality itself. The crisis is the fact that you live, that you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-root/theology-starts-with-a-crisis-the-very-crisis-of-reality-itself-the/)

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

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> [I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-polkinghorne/i-also-think-we-need-to-maintain-distinctions-the-doctrine-of/)

[John Polkinghorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-polkinghorne/)

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> [We need to challenge our own theology, challenge the curriculum of our Bible schools and our seminaries, and ask simple questions. Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-munroe/we-need-to-challenge-our-own-theology-challenge-the-curriculum-of-our/)

[Myles Munroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myles-munroe/)

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> [“The politics of trans-identity seeks to move from the \_politics of singular identity\_ to the \_politics of multiple solidarities\_ across various identities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/the-politics-of-trans-identity-seeks-to-move-from-the-politics-of/)

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

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> [“The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-history-of-mankind-will-probably-show-that-no-people-has-ever/)

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

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> [“Religion is about hospitality and responsibility, and about neighbor/enemy-love-as-self-love in a Christian term that requires one to turn a new \_gaze\_ onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/religion-is-about-hospitality-and-responsibility-and-about-neighbor/)

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

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> [It would be a serious oversight to limit our understanding of the impact of theology to strictly religious art, and overlook its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-walford/it-would-be-a-serious-oversight-to-limit-our-understanding-of-the/)

[John Walford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-walford/)

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> [One of the primary services the arts can render to theology is their integrative power, their ability to interrelate the intellect with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-begbie/one-of-the-primary-services-the-arts-can-render-to-theology-is-their/)

[Jeremy Begbie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-begbie/)

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> [“The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-thomas-aquinas/the-study-of-truth-requires-a-considerable-effort-which-is-why-few/)

[St. Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-thomas-aquinas/)

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> [The notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters, lies at the heart of all Christian theology, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/the-notion-that-we-are-children-of-god-his-own-sons-and-daughters/)

[Sinclair B. Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-b-ferguson/)

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> [“How do you know yourself to be a son of God in fact as well as in name?” Answer: “Because I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/how-do-you-know-yourself-to-be-a-son-of-god-in-fact-as-well-as-in/)

[John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/)

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> [“...we are to be lights in the world. It is God's business to light us, to set us on the lampstand, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marva-j-dawn/we-are-to-be-lights-in-the-world-it-is-god-s-business-to-light-us-to/)

[Marva J. Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marva-j-dawn/)

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> [“God impressed me with this a long time ago: 'Roddy, I will never do anything through you until I have done it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/god-impressed-me-with-this-a-long-time-ago-roddy-i-will-never-do/)

[R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/)

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> [Philosophy and theology have so much to tell us about God, but people today want to experience God. There is a difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-vaswani/philosophy-and-theology-have-so-much-to-tell-us-about-god-but-people/)

[Dada Vaswani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-vaswani/)

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> [God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/god-split-himself-into-a-myriad-parts-that-he-might-have-friends-this/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [“Truly, I've learned more theology living in poor neighborhoods than in classrooms. At times I wonder if the questions of traditional theology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mev-puleo/truly-i-ve-learned-more-theology-living-in-poor-neighborhoods-than-in/)

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

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> [What a way to learn great theology! That's what comes to mind whenever I sing one of those old hymns. "And Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/what-a-way-to-learn-great-theology-that-s-what-comes-to-mind-whenever/)

[Joni Eareckson Tada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-eareckson-tada/)

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> [“Substantially advanced spirituality is indistinguishable from science, and substantially advanced science is indistinguishable from spirituality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/substantially-advanced-spirituality-is-indistinguishable-from-science/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-closer-you-get-to-the-truth-the-clearer-becomes-the-beauty-and/)

[N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/)

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> [“society. The task of theology was not to mirror the norms of culture, but when necessary to confront and even contradict them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-schnasa-jacobsen/society-the-task-of-theology-was-not-to-mirror-the-norms-of-culture/)

[David Schnasa Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-schnasa-jacobsen/)

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> [The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-babbitt/the-humanities-need-to-be-defended-today-against-the-encroachments-of/)

[Irving Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-babbitt/)

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                        "text": "Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.",
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                        "text": "“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object, what causes love is the goodness or agreeableness of that object. Evil can only be loved because it seems good, because being partially good it is perceived as wholly so. And the beautiful is a form of the good: if something is agreeable in general we call it good, and if the perception of it is agreeable we call it beautiful. But goodness must be known before it can become the object of love, so knowledge itself can be said to cause love. Knowing is an activity of reason, which abstracts from things and then makes connections between them, needing to know each part and property and power of things if it is to know them perfectly. But loving is an appetite for things as they stand, and to love perfectly we need only love them as they are perceived to exist in themselves.”",
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                        "text": "“Killing a bunch of Jihadis may be morally justified, to save humanity from their wrath, but it won't terminate Jihad for long. Jihad or Holy war would keep festering one way or another, until religious fundamentalism is eradicated from the human society. Until the whole humanity learns to scrutinize its most revered scriptures with the sharp tool of reasoning, Jihad will keep on striking over the world. If one does not have the basic conscientious capacity to refute the primitive textual verses of the scriptures that demand one to kill or torture another being for holding a different belief system than one's own, then that entity is no being of the civilized human society, it is merely a pest from the stone-age. No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self. There shall be hope for harmony and peace in the world, only when fundamentalism is destroyed forever. Harmony is not a luxury, it is an existential necessity of the species. And to achieve it, if a hundred Bibles have to be sacrificed, then be it. But for no Bible, Quran or Gita, can harmony be compromised.”",
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                        "text": "“The miracles of healing, important as they were, were not an end in themselves. They did not constitute the highest good of the messianic salvation. This fact is illustrated by the arrangement of the phrases in Matthew 11:4-5. Greater than deliverance of the blind and the lame, the lepers and the deaf, even than raising of the dead, was the preaching of the good news to the poor. This “gospel” was the very presence of Jesus himself, and the joy and fellowship that he brought to the poor.”",
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                        "text": "“Throughout history, Christians have faced the persistent temptation of confusing the language we use to talk about God with the essence of Christian faith. This stubborn human tendency to turn doctrine into an idol - to confuse a human creation with the truth itself - can easily lead people to wield doctrinal claims as a weapon against minority or dissenting perspectives. Thus, anyone who does not line up with a certain formulation of Christian faith is not only wrong, but also a heretic and therefore worthy of punishment or death.”",
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                        "text": "As long as the Southern colleges have revivals on their campuses and students get converted to Methodism and join the YMCA and are accepted as gentlemen, it will be impossible to think of the South as civilized...The educated folk of the Old South took theology lightly, and religion to them was hardly more than a charming ritual, useful on solemn occassions.",
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                        "text": "We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.",
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