--- title: "Popular Theology Sayings" description: "Browse 1,532 Theology quotes by 791 authors. Discover the best Theology sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/lev-grossman-747_education_forget-everything-you-ordinarily-associa_2816927.jpg" --- > [“Forget everything you ordinarily associate with religious study. Strip away all the reverence and the awe and the art and the philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/forget-everything-you-ordinarily-associate-with-religious-study-strip/) [Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/lev-grossman-747_education_forget-everything-you-ordinarily-associa_2816927.jpg) > [The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon Hell and Damnation-upon an attempt to scare people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/the-theology-of-the-average-colored-church-is-basing-itself-far-too/) [W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/w-e-b-du-bois-2240_average_the-theology-of-the-average-colored-chur_840848.jpg) > [To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/to-escape-the-power-of-the-unknown-to-prove-to-yourself-that-you-don/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/umberto-eco-313_accepting_to-escape-the-power-of-the-unknown-to-pr_411672.jpg) > [“The Incarnation of Christ raised the energy of everything. And when Hopkins placed his conviction of this into poetry, he tended to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-r-ellsberg/the-incarnation-of-christ-raised-the-energy-of-everything-and-when/) [Margaret R. 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(It is also called the Governmental View in textbooks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-d-crisp/there-is-the-view-i-call-penal-non-substitution-or-the-penal-example/) [Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-d-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/oliver-d-crisp-12863_disciple_there-is-the-view-i-call-penal-non-subst_2083716.jpg) > [There is a notion that complete impartiality is the most fitting and indeed the normal disposition for true exegesis , because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/there-is-a-notion-that-complete-impartiality-is-the-most-fitting-and/) [Karl Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/karl-barth-3434_absence_there-is-a-notion-that-complete-impartia_2909619.jpg) > [Susannah Heschel's The Aryan Jesus is a brilliant and erudite investigation of the convergence between major trends in German Protestantism and Nazi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-friedlander/susannah-heschel-s-the-aryan-jesus-is-a-brilliant-and-erudite/) [Saul Friedlander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-friedlander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/saul-friedlander-72995_anti-semitism_susannah-heschel-s-the-aryan-jesus-is-a_1862641.jpg) > [“The death of the innocent, sinless Christ and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to us satisfy God’s justice and holiness. If, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-k-bernard/the-death-of-the-innocent-sinless-christ-and-the-imputation-of-christ/) [David K. Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-k-bernard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/david-k-bernard-57146_death_the-death-of-the-innocent-sinless-christ_1610055.jpg) > [“That this is really the case was made plain to me by the questions asked me, mostly by young men, about my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/that-this-is-really-the-case-was-made-plain-to-me-by-the-questions/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christian-philosophy_that-this-is-really-the-case-was-made-pl_2525149.jpg) > [Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/christianity-in-our-country-is-a-lot-like-what-the-ducksters-profess/) [Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/ilana-mercer-6995_america_christianity-in-our-country-is-a-lot-lik_78825.jpg) ## Top authors on Theology - [Lailah Gifty Akita 92 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theology/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [Namsoon Kang 36 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theology/namsoon-kang/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theology/abhijit-naskar/) - [Criss Jami 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theology/criss-jami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theology/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cs-lewis-25587.jpg) C.S. 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By concentrating on the history of the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life, Heschel describes in forceful detail the Nazification of all aspects of Protestant theology, including the Aryanization of Jesus himself. 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If, however, we reject Christ’s atonement, then we are left to face God’s judgment alone. In this case His holiness demands separation from sinful humans and His justice demands death for sinful humans. So justice and mercy are complementary, not contradictory, aspects of God’s nature, as are holiness and love. If we accept God’s love and mercy, He will help us satisfy His justice and holiness. If we reject God’s love and mercy, we must face His justice and holiness alone (Romans 11:22).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David K. 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