Quotes about Theology

Theology must have the character of a living procession.

the concrete actuality of God's revelation in Word and Act.

Describing the relationship between the biblical witnesses and the theologians who come after, the author challenges that the theologian is not to correct the notebooks of the biblical writers like some high school teacher. Instead, our theology is always subject to what THEY say, as we willingly submit our notebooks for their approval.

In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man.

Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.

Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.

Christ was born of a woman without the man.

Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.

Man - a figment of God's imagination.

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.

Theology is an attempt to explain a subject by men who do not understand it. The intent is not to tell the truth but to satisfy the questioner.