Fruitful Theology Quotes

“We ought not attempt to bypass the slow prod toward Christian intellectual maturity; patience is key. With longing and action, we wait on the Lord and call on him to bring about in us a person only he could produce.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul

“Sometimes the process of theology can be described with sophistication and a thoughtful process, but many times the process of Christian theology is simply looking at Christ until you see him.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul

“It is often easier to love the idea of 'mankind' without bothering to love our actual fellow man. Yet the chorus of 'one another' commands in the New Testament--to love one another, look after one another, mourn with one another, bear one another's burdens, etc.--demands that we actually step into the messy particularities of our neighbors' lives.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul

“The atonement is the doctrine of a God who has everything and needs nothing laying down his life for a people who have nothing and need everything.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul

“In a sea full of anger and division, may we be the type of thinkers who prize stability, wisdom, and kindness. While hot takes get clicks, likes, and retweets, may we care more about beauty, truthfulness, and goodness.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul

“Might our mind's eye be drawn more toward reasonable, levelheadedness that pursues theology as a well of joy instead of hot-tempered weaponization that pursues theology as a mere war strategy.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul

“God is more than a set of facts to be examined; he is the one who calls forth the cosmos by the word of his power, and he will be not merely examined but exalted. Whereas other fields might call their students to study propositions and weigh them, Christian theology calls its students to do more than weigh truth claims but to worship.”
― Ronni Kurtz, Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul