Religion

“What I offer is a theological reflection on the traditional art of allowing our drugged and deadened consciousness to wake up to a life-bringing conversation with the life-giving God.”

“We need the whole church to interpret the whole Bible because every culture has its blind spots.”

“I have described the triumph of barbarism and religion.”

““She said that Jesus Christ had been born in S. Salvador [Mbanza Kongo], which was Bethlehem, [and] that he was baptized in [Mbanza] Nsundi, which was Nazareth.””

“If you are not successful in your prayer, you will not be successful in anything, for prayer is the root of everything.”

“Theology is not abstruse speculation, an academic game.”

“إنني لا أخشى على الموسيقى المصرية من الضياع ما دام هناك قرآن أحكمت آياته بالنغم الشرقي”

“Oğlum, beni kıbleye doğru çevir.”

“The only Mass that pleases God is the Mass of St. Pius V.”

“Prophetic imagination is grounded in the conviction that God is doing something lively in the world.”

“Adapun kemudian daripada itu maka berkata seorang faqir yang sangat berkehendak kepada Tuhannya yang Maha Besar yang mengaku ia dengan dosa dan taqshīr yaitu Muhammad Arsyad anak Abdullah di dalam negeri Banjar.”

“Churches live, grow, and flourish by the Word of God. And they languish and even perish without it.”

“I think that what post-Christianity is, and its belief in progress, is a desire for the Kingdom without the King.”

“A group of women led him to put “women in theology” on the agenda.”

“Islam yes, Islamic party no!”

“God is not against them, but for them.”

“Jesus is alive. He is not dead. He is alive, powerfully working through the Spirit.”

“we also wrote in Arabic the explanation of the Orthodox Confession”