Theological Quotes

189 Theological quotes by 146 unique authors

When God saved me, He gave me a thirst to learn and to read and to study. I thrived in college. I got a bachelor's… — Tullian Tchividjian
Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be… — Ken Follett
...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a… — John Bytheway
Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think)… — C.S. Lewis
We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore… — Thomas Jefferson
We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed . . .… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I do not believe a person can take two issues from Scripture, those being abortion and gay marriage, and adhere to them as sins, then… — Donald Miller
The Christ within who is our hope of glory is not a matter of theological debate or philosophical speculation. He is not a hobby, a… — Brennan Manning
Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in… — Henri Nouwen
In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering… — Bart D. Ehrman
and while faith based on theological reasoning is today universally engaged in a bitter struggle with doubt and resistance from the prevailing brand of rationalism,… — Robert Musil
This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in… — Karl Barth
We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with the faith you… — Brian D. McLaren
I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse? — Ann Voskamp
See that's where it falls apart for me!" Anne cried. "What sticks in my throat is that God gets the credit but never the blame.… — Mary Doria Russell
I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me. — Jim Butcher
Are they really gods?" "I never worry about theological questions," said Nightingale. "They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace -… — Ben Aaronovitch
Give yourself to reading.’... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological… — Charles Spurgeon
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are in a… — C.S. Lewis
I dared, for the first and last time in my life, to express a theological conclusion: "But how can a necessary being exist totally polluted… — Umberto Eco
Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not… — C.S. Lewis
Essay on Adam" There are five possibilities. One: Adam fell. Two: he was pushed. Three: he jumped. Four: he only looked over the edge, and… — Robert Bringhurst

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