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> [A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/a-firm-rule-must-be-imposed-upon-our-nation-before-it-destroys-itself/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

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> [Theology has not advanced an inch in the last 1,000 years. How much respect does a profession deserve if it cannot add…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrel-ray/theology-has-not-advanced-an-inch-in-the-last-1-000-years-how-much/)

[Darrel Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrel-ray/)

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> [“The more rigid and exclusive one makes the border between philosophy and theology, the more that distinction itself has to fall on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-b-sadler/the-more-rigid-and-exclusive-one-makes-the-border-between-philosophy/)

[Gregory B. Sadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-b-sadler/)

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> [“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/no-man-that-ever-lived-not-john-calvin-himself-ever-asserted-either/)

[John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/)

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> [“In my view, the gospels are true, not historically, but theologically, or, as I would argue, prophetically! What we have is, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-of-kittim/in-my-view-the-gospels-are-true-not-historically-but-theologically-or/)

[Eli Of Kittim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-of-kittim/)

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> [I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-alas-philosophy-medicine-jurisprudence-too-and-to-my-cost/)

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

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> [Barth's approach tears up any possibility of dialogue between faith and unfaith or between theology and other human sciences. Theology just says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/barth-s-approach-tears-up-any-possibility-of-dialogue-between-faith/)

[George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/)

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> [Whatever character our theology may ascribe to him, in reality God is the infinite ideal of Man, towards whom men move in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-tagore/whatever-character-our-theology-may-ascribe-to-him-in-reality-god-is/)

[Rabindranath Tagore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabindranath-tagore/)

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> [Although I know that there is ultimately greater glory in suffering than in joy, it is joy that sustains us. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lars-zwerenz/although-i-know-that-there-is-ultimately-greater-glory-in-suffering/)

[John Lars Zwerenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lars-zwerenz/)

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> [This book will expose the sins of the fathers and the vicious abuse of the Jewish people. 'In Defense of Israel' will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagee/this-book-will-expose-the-sins-of-the-fathers-and-the-vicious-abuse/)

[John Hagee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hagee/)

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> [Sex is an aspect of human existence that has fallen prey in special measure to a very special form of theological science:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uta-ranke-heinemann/sex-is-an-aspect-of-human-existence-that-has-fallen-prey-in-special/)

[Uta Ranke-Heinemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uta-ranke-heinemann/)

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> [“Luther’s theology of the cross begins with a realistic view of mankind as fallen and dead in sin. Good works are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/luther-s-theology-of-the-cross-begins-with-a-realistic-view-of/)

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

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> [There is a historic strain of dominion theology which says, taking its references from the Psalms, that man is made just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/there-is-a-historic-strain-of-dominion-theology-which-says-taking-its/)

[Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/)

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> [ The pope \[Francis\] takes his vocabulary from his pastoral experience, not from the rhetorical tool kit of liberation theology, with its Marxist… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-weigel/the-pope-francis-takes-his-vocabulary-from-his-pastoral-experience/)

[George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-weigel/)

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> [Contemporary Christian proclamation is faced with the question whether, when it demands faith from men and women, it expects them to acknowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-bultmann/contemporary-christian-proclamation-is-faced-with-the-question/)

[Rudolf Bultmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-bultmann/)

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> [“I never attempt to take away people’s God from them, because that God is associated with a lot of human sentiments in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/i-never-attempt-to-take-away-people-s-god-from-them-because-that-god/)

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

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> [If after all my Atheology turns out wrong and your Theology right I feel I shall always be able to pass into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-after-all-my-atheology-turns-out-wrong-and-your-theology-right-i/)

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

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> [Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-sanders-peirce/theology-i-am-persuaded-derives-its-initial-impulse-from-a-religious/)

[Charles Sanders Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-sanders-peirce/)

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> [I'm not sure that I've ever been drawn to the academic life as such. Theology has been a matter of survival for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alison/i-m-not-sure-that-i-ve-ever-been-drawn-to-the-academic-life-as-such/)

[James Alison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alison/)

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> [The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-dickson-white/the-law-of-wills-and-causes-formulated-by-comte-is-that-when-men-do/)

[Andrew Dickson White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-dickson-white/)

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> [I didn't write much until I turned 40. Up until then I felt constrained by a sense of the discipline of New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/i-didn-t-write-much-until-i-turned-40-up-until-then-i-felt/)

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

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> [I haven't studied theology in any systematic way. I don't think I'd find certain subjects - canon law, for instance - terribly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/i-haven-t-studied-theology-in-any-systematic-way-i-don-t-think-i-d/)

[Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/)

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> [Modern man has not only thrown away Christian theology, he has thrown away the possibility of what our forefathers had as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/modern-man-has-not-only-thrown-away-christian-theology-he-has-thrown/)

[Francis Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-schaeffer/)

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> [Theology is a part of our lives. It's unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/theology-is-a-part-of-our-lives-it-s-unavoidable-a-thoughtless/)

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

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> [The mechanical philosophy was ever blind to this fact. Intelligent design, on the other hand, readily embraces the sacramental nature of physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-dembski/the-mechanical-philosophy-was-ever-blind-to-this-fact-intelligent/)

[William A. Dembski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-dembski/)

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> [True Christianity, which will last forever, comes from the gospel words of Christ not from the epistles of Paul. The writings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-renan/true-christianity-which-will-last-forever-comes-from-the-gospel-words/)

[Ernest Renan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-renan/)

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> [For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-peacocke/for-many-decades-now-and-certainly-during-my-adult-life-in-academe/)

[Arthur Peacocke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-peacocke/)

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> [“Behold divinity divine enough to abandon divinity. Behold majesty secure enough to proceed un-majestically. Behold strength strong enough to become weakness, goodness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ramsey/behold-divinity-divine-enough-to-abandon-divinity-behold-majesty/)

[Paul Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ramsey/)

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> [The greatest tragedy in the history of Christianity was neither the Crusades nor the Reformation nor the Inquisition, but rather the split…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-urs-von-balthasar/the-greatest-tragedy-in-the-history-of-christianity-was-neither-the/)

[Hans Urs von Balthasar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-urs-von-balthasar/)

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> [The Gospel is not a mere message of deliverance, but a canon of conduct; it is not a theology to be accepted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-maclaren/the-gospel-is-not-a-mere-message-of-deliverance-but-a-canon-of/)

[Alexander MacLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-maclaren/)

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> [“I believe \_cosmopolitanism\_ can be an effective discourse with which to advocate a politics of \_transidentity\_ of overlapping interests and heterogeneous or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/i-believe-cosmopolitanism-can-be-an-effective-discourse-with-which-to/)

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

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> [The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-most-ignorant-person-at-a-reasonable-charge-and-with-a-little/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-stravinsky/i-cannot-now-evaluate-the-events-that-at-the-end-of-those-thirty/)

[Igor Stravinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-stravinsky/)

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> [Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vidal-sassoon/realizing-our-society-as-it-is-without-theology-dogmatically-telling/)

[Vidal Sassoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vidal-sassoon/)

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> [The gospel preached during every television show is 'You only go around once in life, so get all the gusto you can.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-silber/the-gospel-preached-during-every-television-show-is-you-only-go/)

[John Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-silber/)

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> [I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/i-have-the-same-confidence-in-the-ability-of-our-people-to-reject/)

[William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/)

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> [“…Theology, as revealed in Scripture, supplies the categories for people to understand their own experience. Theology is the standard by which people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-pierre/theology-as-revealed-in-scripture-supplies-the-categories-for-people/)

[Jeremy Pierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-pierre/)

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> [Theology, however implausible many of its truth claims, is one of the most ambitious theoretical arenas left in an increasingly specialized world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-eagleton/theology-however-implausible-many-of-its-truth-claims-is-one-of-the/)

[Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-eagleton/)

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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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> [“Unless the church is actively living out the reality of love, there is little reason to debate theology. And unless the church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mckenzie/unless-the-church-is-actively-living-out-the-reality-of-love-there-is/)

[Thomas McKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mckenzie/)

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                        "text": "“Luther’s theology of the cross begins with a realistic view of mankind as fallen and dead in sin. Good works are not an option for climbing one’s way up to heaven. Thesis 1 states, “The law of God, the most salutary doctrine of life, cannot advance humans on their way to righteousness, but rather hinders them.” Thesis 23 states, “The law works the wrath of God, kills, curses, accuses, judges and damns everything that is not in Christ.” So the question is: how we do become objects of God’s love? How do we move from being under the law, and therefore under wrath, to being under God’s grace and love? That way is through the cross. Sinners must be crucified with Christ and raised with him. To be right with God, they must believe in the crucified Saviour. Thesis 25 says, “He is not righteous who works much, but he who, without work, believes much in Christ.” Salvation is in Christ alone, not in human effort and certainly not in human law-keeping. Thesis 26 says, “The law says ‘do this’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘believe in this’ and everything is already done.” It is all done in Christ!”",
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