I am inclined to be more reticent and restrained while speaking about the 

mysteries of God’s revelation….”

“I know theology is not divinity; to me it is very human, and full of the 

contradictions of being human. 

Especially when it is one individual’s theology, coming from academic desktop, 

not rooted in the life-experience of worshiping and serving communities. 

Theological talk is not always edifying. Sometimes, by trivialising the Truth, 

theology can be counter-productive for spiritual growth…”

“Very few people have the theological interest, training or background to follow 

some of the abstract arguments. Many are satisfied with unexamined conclusions…”

“…God is not a topic for talk or a subject for study. We can sing to God, praise God, 

thank God, bow before God, worship God, love God, serve God, repent and return to 

God when we have gone astray. We can know God as a person, but cannot know God 

as an object of our cognition. God is not the same category as objects in the world…”

“God remains beyond our comprehension, but God has come to us in a human form – 

a divine-human person with whom we deal better. That person, Jesus Christ, cannot be 

mere instrumentality for our salvation. Christ remains God while being human. 

This too is beyond our conceptual or logical comprehension. 

In Christ we are seized by God’s incarnate love, and in union with Christ, 

we respond to God in faith and gratitude….

“We see light, but then we may soon have to pass through darkness, 

towards that Horizon that infinitely beckons us. Even our knowledge has to be 

laid aside, as we pass through the cloud of unknowing. 

It is not knowledge that helps you advance, but the love that transfigures….”