--- title: "4 Thomas G. Long Quotes - Famous Theologian (Hearing John's Voice)" description: "Thomas Grier Long is the Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b156/author-thomas-g-long-70555.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Thomas G. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b156/author-thomas-g-long-70555.jpg) # Thomas G. Long (1946) Theologian **4** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Thomas G. Long is a theologian, best known for *Hearing John's Voice*. ## Quick Facts About Thomas G. Long Born October 12, 1946 Profession Theologian Notable works Hearing John's Voice ## About Thomas G. Long Thomas Grier Long is the Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his BA degree from Erskine College in 1968, the Master of Divinity from Erskine Theological Seminary in 1971, and the Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1980. He began his career as a preacher at McElroy Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church near Atlanta, Georgia and since that time has taught at a number of seminaries, including Erskine, Columbia, Princeton, and Candler. ## Quotes by Thomas G. Long > [“We show hospitality to strangers not merely because they need it, but because we need it, too. The stranger at the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-g-long/we-show-hospitality-to-strangers-not-merely-because-they-need-it-but/) [Thomas G. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-g-long/) [Hospitality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hospitality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/thomas-g-long-70555_hospitality_we-show-hospitality-to-strangers-not-mer_84337.png) > [A couple you do not recognize - visitors, strangers - come to the door. How are you to view these people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-g-long/a-couple-you-do-not-recognize-visitors-strangers-come-to-the-door-how/) [Thomas G. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-g-long/) [Assuming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assuming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/thomas-g-long-70555_assuming_a-couple-you-do-not-recognize-visitors-s_1088609.jpg) > [Belief is the capacity to see not only life's surfaces but also its holy depths, to be able to look at events…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-g-long/belief-is-the-capacity-to-see-not-only-life-s-surfaces-but-also-its/) [Thomas G. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-g-long/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/thomas-g-long-70555_able_belief-is-the-capacity-to-see-not-only-l_2270818.png) > [“The critical question is whether preachers are supposed to help people “find their stories in the Bible” or are supposed to call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-g-long/the-critical-question-is-whether-preachers-are-supposed-to-help/) [Thomas G. Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-g-long/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/thomas-g-long-70555_bible_the-critical-question-is-whether-preache_2367296.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-g-long/#itemlist", "name": "Thomas G. 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