Quotes about Theology

Christianity liberates us from any life-denying reductionism that dishonors and debases humanity. It affirms the high dignity of humans as full persons made in the image of a personal God.

Calvin taught that all people have an innate sense of the divine (sensus divinitatis).

Redemption is as comprehensive as creation or fall.

God is his own best apologist.

More importantly, they show that the best answer to the challenge is not through improved technology but through deeper theology.

My strong advice to you is to soak, soak, soak in philosophy and psychology, until you know more of these subjects than ever you need consciously to think. It is ignorance of these subjects on the part of ministers and workers that has brought our evangelical theology to such a sorry plight. . . . The man who reads only the Bible does not, as a rule, know it or human life.

Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If your heart is not submitting to the plan of God, you will actually use your theology to justify things that should not be justified.

The call is to do theology in loving community with other people.

For students who have not been required to confess that it is easier to learn theology then live it, it is tempting to think maturity is more a matter of knowing in a matter of living

maturity is about how you live your life. It is possible to be theologically astute and be very immature. It is possible to be biblically literate and be in need of significant spiritual growth.

The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but heart and life transformation.

The best theology will not remove mystery from your life, so rest is found in trusting the One who rules, is all, and knows no mystery.