Kevin Vanhoozer

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all…

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Pride does not listen. It knows.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Life is something to be done, and so is drama.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Christianity is neither a system of ideas nor of morality but a way, a way of life.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

All biblical exegetes and theologians have a theory of language, whether they acknowledge it or not.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Everyday life became infused with urgency as I tried to speak and act in ways that fit the holy script and glorified…

— Kevin Vanhoozer

I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples,…

— Kevin Vanhoozer

“If I speak in the tongues of Reformers and of professional theologians, and I have not personal faith in Christ, my theology…

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come…

— Kevin Vanhoozer

My goal as a theologian is to move beyond the acquisition of knowledge to its application in real life: in a word,…

— Kevin Vanhoozer