1.  Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.  (Karl Barth’s summary of his theology)

2.  A theologian is a man who spends his time answering questions that nobody is asking.  (William Temple)

3.  Everything a theologian does in the church contributes to the spread of the knowledge of God and the salvation of men.  (Luther)

4.  It is the heart that makes the theologian.  (Quintilian)

5.  All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass, “Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.”  (Archibald Alexander)

6.  If there is one fact, or doctrine, or promise in the Bible, which has produced no practical effect upon your temper or conduct, be assured that you do not truly believe it.  (Payson)

7.  The Primitive Methodists used to say they did not want any Doctors of Divinity, because their theology was never sick.  (Spurgeon)

8.  Far rather would I have pious rusticity than learned blasphemy.  (Jerome)

9.  For the attainment of divine knowledge we are directed to combine a dependence on God’s Spirit with our own researches. Let us, then, not presume to separate what God has thus united.  (Charles Simeon)