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“I didn't write much until I turned 40. Up until then I felt constrained by a sense of the discipline of New Testament studies and a sense of the ruling elite in theology and biblical studies.”

Writing Felt Study Discipline Theology Elites Biblical Testament Ruling New Testament

Author:N. T. Wright

“Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.”

Law Religion Discipline Theology Engagement Yoke

Book:Pensées of Joubert

Source: Pensées of Joubert

“Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God.”

Talking Discipline Theology Nonsense Talking Nonsense

Author:Herbert McCabe

“It's a difficult thing to describe theology, what it means and how it disciplines thinking. Certainly, theology is the level at which the highest inquiry into meaning and ethics and beauty coincides with the largest-scale imagination of the nature of reality itself.”

Thinking Mean Reality Difficult Imagination Levels Discipline Highest Ethics Scales Theology Inquiry Difficult Things

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“We are coming to the times when passive Christianity and passive Christians will cease to exist. There is a maturity, a discipline and a divine militancy coming upon the people of God. Those who have succumbed to humanistic and idealistic theologies may have a hard time with this, but we must understand that God is a military God. The title that he uses ten times more than any other is "the Lord of Hosts", or "Lord of armies". There is a martial aspect to his character that we must understand and embrace for the times and the job to which we are now coming.”