1,043 Quotes About Theology

The church is biblical, therefore, when it seeks to embody the words in the power of the Spirit and so become a living commentary. The church is thus not only the "people of the book" but also "the (lived) interpretation of the book.

TO BE asked to minister without an informing vision of God (which is what theology is really all about), however, is like being told to make bricks without straw. What keeps people going in ministry, and what, in my experience, congregations are longing for, is an exciting and empowering vision of God, articulated in a theology that is integrated with worship, prayer, and social action.

The task of the theologian is to explain everything through God, and to explain God as unexplainable.

To its critics, the study of theology distracts from real life. But, at its best, theology inspires and informs precisely the committed and caring ministry.

Allowing a person or thing to leave your life, without further pain is the basis of humanity. Everything else is the reason (theology).

Go back to Socrates: "Know thyself." For Socrates, there are only two kinds of people: the wise, who know they are fools; and fools, who think they are wise. Similarly, for Christ and all the prophets, there are only two kinds of people: saints, who know they are sinners; and sinners, who think they are saints. Which are you?

من الآية الأولى يظهر ان الله لم يخلق الخلق لعباً ، بل خلق السماوات و الأرض بالحق ، و يظهر من الآية الثانية أن لم يخلقهم عبثاً ، فلماذا خلقهم ؟ لكي يعبدوه (كما في الآية الثالثة) و لماذا يعبدونه ؟ يظهر من الآية الرابعة لكي يرحمهم ، اي ان العبادة انما فرضت لتكون وسيلة لرحمة الله تعالى .و اين يرحمهم ؟ ليس في الدنيا لأنهم جاؤوا هنا ليبلوهم أيهم أحسن عملاً (كما في الآية الأخيرة) بل يرحمهم في الآخرة

THESE ARE THE REASONS, THEN, FOR WHICH A MAN CAN BE CONFIDENT ABOUT THE FATE OF HIS SOUL – AS LONG AS IN LIFE HE HAS…DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE PLEASURES OF AQUIRING KNOWLEDGE …WITH SELF CONTROL, AND GOODNESS, AND COURAGE, AND LIBERALITY, AND TRUTH…”SOCRATES’ LAST WORDS IN PLATO’S PHAEDO

Those who love God with their minds, even if it gives them a headache, are those whose hearts stay on fire.