Practical Theology Quotes

#1. And though he had almost flunked in Greek, his thesis on 'Sixteen Ways of Paying a Church Debt' had won the ten-dollar prize in Practical Theology.

Sinclair Lewis

#2. Practical theology is the need to interpret the "where" of Jesus Christ in our experiences of the now.

Andrew Root

#3. Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics,

Karl Barth

#4. The arduous nature of practical Christianity makes so many people choose theoretical Christianity! Both are however good, but the former is weightier, noble and solemn than the later! Many are called, but few are dedicated!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#5. We were put here on earth to act as agents of the Infinite, to bring into existence that which is not yet, but which will be, through us.

Steven Pressfield

#6. The resurrection is the promise that death will not prevail, that nothingness does not have the last word. God promises to overcome it with life ... We can trust that God will overcome death because Jesus is the resurrection, because on the third day Jesus rose again, as the first of many.

Andrew Root

#7. I used to have this toy, a magic slate. You wrote or drew on it and then, just by pulling up the plastic cover, everything you did disappeared and you could start new. Maybe everyone feels that on New Year's Eve: They can pull up the magic sheet and rewrite their lives.

V.C. Andrews

#8. I couldn't stop seeing the three of us on the Maury Polvich show doing the big DNA reveal

Pepper Pace

#9. The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#10. Ministry is about joining God where God can be found.

Andrew Root

#11. When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is impractical, and therefore, useless.

Criss Jami

#12. Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction ...

Abraham Maslow

#13. I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

Boris Becker

#14. I balance my hormones with bioidentical hormones, I eat organic, I take supplements as determined by lab work, I sleep eight hours nightly, I use organic cosmetics and green household cleaners, and I avoid toxins as best I can.

Suzanne Somers

#15. Theology must work itself out in the most practical relationships.

Oswald Chambers

#16. The people has no definite disbelief in the temples of theology. The people has a very fiery and practical disbelief in the temples of physical science.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#17. Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come to theology classes somewhat reluctantly, assuming that doctrine is neither practical nor relevant to their future ministry.

Kevin Vanhoozer

#18. Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?

Rob James-Collier

#19. Our computers double in capability on time scales of only a few years. It's hardly outrageous to believe that we will successfully develop thinking machines within a handful of decades, or at most a century or two. If that happens, these artificial sentients will quickly leave us behind.

Seth Shostak

#20. I'm not stonewalling; I'm just not into talking about religion, I told you that.

James L. Rubart

#21. The Bible knows nothing of any contrast between truth and experience, head and heart, theology and practical living.

Michael S. Horton

#22. The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.

Ron Carlson

#23. Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like going from hot dogs and hamburgers to beef stroganoff, or from ice cream in a cone to creme brulee.

Richard Simmons

#24. If I see three oranges, I have to juggle. And if I see two towers, I have to walk.

Philippe Petit

#25. For success, focus on possibilities not problems.

Debasish Mridha