Systematic Theology Quotes

#1. When a writer calls his work a Romance, it need hardly be observed that he wishes to claim a certain latitude, both as to its fashion and material, which he would not have felt himself entitled to assume had he professed to be writing a Novel.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#2. No one book of scripture can be understood by itself, any more than any one part of a tree or member of the body can be understood without reference to the whole of which it is a part.

Charles Hodge

#3. Satan could make an "A" in my Systematic Theology course. He knows the information and knows that the information is true.

R.C. Sproul

#4. I was a tourist in a bizarre land. I was home.

Rabih Alameddine

#5. Intolerance is evidence of fear, and fear is the consequence of feeling powerless.

Dean Frazer

#6. Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

William Hague

#7. But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.

William Goldman

#8. A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about it later down the road.

Brian Regan

#9. To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead of the Christ Who is our life.

W. Ian Thomas

#10. A theologian's epistemology controls his interpretation of the Bible. If his epistemology is not Christian, his exegesis will be systematically distorted. If he has no epistemology at all, his exegesis will be unsystematically distorted.

Gordon H. Clark

#11. The number one reason the Bulletproof Diet is so effective and easy to maintain is that it gives you back your willpower instead of sapping

Anonymous

#12. Muslims are the first victims of Islam. Many times I have observed in my travels in the Orient that fanaticism comes from a small number of dangerous men who maintain the others in the practice of religion by terror. To liberate the Muslim from his religion is the best service one can render him.

Ernest Renan

#13. I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.

William P. Young

#14. Theology is the systematic inquiry into Scripture. Theology is a human attempt to make sense of and draw conclusions from God's special revelation.

Perry G. Downs

#15. Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds.

Alan Bennett

#16. Life (as you call it) is an opportunity for you to know experientially what you already know conceptually. You need learn nothing to do this. You need merely remember what you already know, and act on it.

Neale Donald Walsch

#17. I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

Shane Claiborne

#18. Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It's a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.

Karin Slaughter

#19. Philosophy may serve as the bridge between theology and science. All atheism is a philosophy, but not all philosophy is atheism. Philosophy ('love of wisdom') is simply a tool depending on how one uses it, and in some cases, logically understanding the nature of God and existence.

Criss Jami

#20. No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field.

Arnold J. Toynbee

#21. More than the problem, it's your reaction to the problem that creates chaos in your lives. Do not react in life. Always respond.

Pravin Agarwal

#22. Inspiring tale of a rock star who loses his hearing. Title: I Can't Hear You.

Scott Meyer