#theology

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#dictated #signed #theology #universe

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#first time #history #hold #ideology #monopoly

Jesus’ message of the Kingdom of God is the announcement by word and deed that God is acting and manifesting dynamically his redemptive will in history. God is seeking out sinners; he is inviting them to enter into the messianic blessing; he is demanding of them a favorable response to his gracious offer. God has again spoken. A new prophet has appeared, indeed one who is more than a prophet, one who bring to people the very blessings he promises. ↗

— George Eldon Ladd

#jesus #kingdom-of-god #religion #theology #religion

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

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Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#age #cannot #character #construct #cosmic

There is only one theology, but there are many theologians. ↗

— Athenagoras I

#only #theologians #theology

Theology is unnecessary. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#unnecessary

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#best #heaven #hell #let us #out

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way. ↗

— William James

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For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await others. I believe that many who find that ‘nothing happens’ when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#doctrine #theology #wisdom #experience