Doxology Quotes

• The Doxology ... that testimonial to the Platonic Trinity, which divided the Roman Empire into at least eighteen quarreling sects, none of whom knew what they were fighting about, and which schisms contributed to the decline and fall of this greatest of states. Rome had thrived for one thousand years with pagan gods at the helm and expired after only one hundred and fifty years under the Christian banner.

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  Ruth Hurmence Green

  Christian   Fall   Fighting  

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• As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.

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  Saint Basil

  Father   Son   Names  

  4298

• A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.

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  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian   Art   Mind  

  Francis A. Schaeffer (2009). “Art and the Bible”, p.18, InterVarsity Press

  737

• The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship. If our learning and knowledge of God do not lead to the joyful praise of God, we have failed. We learn only that we might laud, which is to say that theology without doxology is idolatry. The only theology worth studying is a theology that can be sung!

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  Sam Storms

  God   Religious   Learning  

  3121

• The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship.

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  Sam Storms

  Goal   Doxology   Worship  

  1397

• A lack of doxology leads to depravity.

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  Ann Voskamp

  Doxology   Depravity  

  Ann Voskamp (2012). “One Thousand Gifts Devotional: Reflections on Finding Everyday Graces”, p.19, Zondervan

  2500

• A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration.

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  Charles Spurgeon

  Gratitude   Children   Joy  

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1870). “Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book”, p.35

  3802

• Sound theology should always lead us to doxology and transformation.

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  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Sound   Doxology   Transformation  

  898