(1) "The more a man looks at a thing the less he can see it; and the more a man learns a thing the less he knows it" (G. K. Chesterton in his essay "Twelve Men"). Chesterton's quote is directly against the movement in early 20th century Britain to replace juries of ordinary people with lawyers. He argues that lawyers' intuitions are too often warped by the minutiae of countless laws and legal precedents to discern justice. The same might be applied to theologians and pastors who live too much in their heads to display authentic miracle-working faith or to discern God's will in a variety of situations.
(2) "Theological understanding is the booby prize because it gives you just enough spirituality to inoculate you against the real thing (Billy Graham)."
""The real thing" is authentic spiritual experience, especially a living vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ.
(3) "I like my religion the way I like my tea--hot! Because I'd rather be a fool on fire than a scholar on ice....because it's easier to cool a hot coal than to warm up a corpse! Honestly, brethren, when I drive by these liberal churches, I take my hat off out of respect for the dead." (uttered by an evangelist I heard as a boy). His words are so memorable that I have never forgotten them, despite a single oral hearing.
(2) "Theological understanding is the booby prize because it gives you just enough spirituality to inoculate you against the real thing (Billy Graham)."
""The real thing" is authentic spiritual experience, especially a living vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ.
(3) "I like my religion the way I like my tea--hot! Because I'd rather be a fool on fire than a scholar on ice....because it's easier to cool a hot coal than to warm up a corpse! Honestly, brethren, when I drive by these liberal churches, I take my hat off out of respect for the dead." (uttered by an evangelist I heard as a boy). His words are so memorable that I have never forgotten them, despite a single oral hearing.
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