1,043 Quotes About Theology

It is possible to be saved without assurance, but it is scarcely possible to be a healthy Christian without assurance.

Assurance that does not lead to a more holy walk is a false assurance. The person whose assurance is well-founded, who experiences true peace and joy, who is busy in the Lord's service and lives in close fellowship with Him, will lead a holy life. A believer cannot persist in high levels of assurance while he continues in low levels of holiness.

Liberation happens when what a man ought to do, is what a man wants to do.

It is the definition of RIGHTS or LIBERTIES that is at the core of the issue. Real rights are concerned with what a man CAN DO. False rights are concerned with what a man CAN GET. True rights are concerned with the ability to live freely; false rights are concerned with the ability to get free things.

It is good theology to love people with bad theology

Studies have consistently revealed that a lot of people who attend church do not really have a personal relationship with God. My friend, that is a staggering revelation, and the implications for the church are far-reaching!

The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.

Straight theologizing about grace is more, not less, outrageous than parabolic theologizing. The more clearly you make grace sovereign over human life, the more unacceptable become your efforts to harmonize it with life as we know it. The farther you go in expounding grace as the ultimate goodness of God, the deeper you find yourself mired in the manifest badness of God.

The delight we take in our senses is an implicit desire to know the ultimate reason for things, the highest cause. The desire for wisdom that philosophy etymologically is is a desire for the highest or divine causes. Philosophy culminates in theology. All other knowledge contains the seeds of contemplation of the divine.