Kevin Vanhoozer

“theology is the serious and joyful attempt to live blessedly with others, before God, in Christ, through the Spirit”
― Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine

“Serious and sustained Bible reading, at once reflective and practical, is the soul of theology and the beating heart of the body of Christ, the”
― Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically

“Sola scriptura means at least this: that the church's proclamation is always subject to potential correction from the canon. It is for this reason that we resist simply collapsing the text into the tradition of its interpretation and performance.”
― Kevin J. Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical Linguistic Approach to Christian Doctrine

“The knowledge of God is a mountain steep indeed and difficult to climb—the majority of people scarcely reach its base. —Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses”
― Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically