Kevin Vanhoozer Quotes

All biblical exegetes and theologians have a theory of language, whether they acknowledge it or not ...

Desire for God without doctrine is blind; doctrine without desire is empty.

Christianity is neither a system of ideas nor of morality but a way, a way of life.

Pride does not listen. It knows.

I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.

Everyday life became infused with urgency as I tried to speak and act in ways that fit the holy script and glorified God in new contexts.

Life is something to be done, and so is drama.

My goal as a theologian is to move beyond the acquisition of knowledge to its application in real life: in a word, I want to get wisdom.