#theology

Simply to render oneself able to understand what other Christian thinkers have themselves come to understand and to more or less felicitously communicate requires that one's mind not be a blank slate but already properly formed, disciplined, and exercised. ↗

— Gregory B. Sadler

#christian-thought #discipline #intellect #intellectual-life #theology

God impressed me with this a long time ago: 'Roddy, I will never do anything through you until I have done it to you!'." ~R. Alan Woods [1998] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#experience #r-alan-woods #theology #experience

We must learn to accept ourselves in the painful experiment of living. We must embrace the spiritual adventure of becoming human, moving through the many stages that lie between birth and death. ↗

— Johann Baptist Metz

#death #human-nature #life #spirituality #theology

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist. ↗

— Alistair Begg

#christianity #materialism #theology #wealth #faith

It would behoove you to have your thesis finely tuned and the logical arguments utilized in support of it tightly woven into a credible, and creatively persuasive tapestry. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#argumentation #logic-of-thought #persuasion #r-alan-woods #scholarly

Everything I have learned has not come from books, it has come experientially over time under pressure walking with Christ". ~ R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #theology #r-alan-woods

History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion — ie., none to speak of ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#religion #theology #truth #love

My greatest fear is time wasted—a life spent. My greatest fear is passing away from this world without leaving a lasting impact. ↗

— M.J. Chrisman

#christian #inspirational #micah #remnant #the

The more you believe in the power of thought, and the more you listen to your breath, the greater changes you can create in your life. ↗

— Stig Åvall Severinsen

#breatheology #changes #thought #change

Love is not first a feeling. Though the feelings come later and grow thick in the basic loam of love, they don't constitute the sum and substance of love. Love is doing whatever good God says you must do for another, to please God, whether (at first) it pleases you or not. You must do so because He says so; and you don't wait until you feel like doing so. Love begins with obedience toward God in which one gives to another whatever the other needs. Love is not a gooey, sticky sentimental thing; it is hard to love. Often it hurts to love. Love meant going to the cross through the garden of Gethsemane. Christ did not feel like dying for your sins, Christian, but He did so nonetheless. The Scriptures teach that he endured the cross while focusing on the subsequent joy that it would bring. ↗

— Jay E. Adams

#christianity #love #theology #love