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!
Interpretation
The essence of studying theology is to inspire worship rather than just acquire knowledge.
This quote emphasizes that the primary purpose of studying theology should not be the accumulation of knowledge about God, but rather the cultivation of a heart that is oriented towards worship. If our understanding of God does not translate into a joyful response of praise, we miss the true purpose of our studies. Essentially, theology should lead to doxology; otherwise, it becomes a mere intellectual exercise devoid of spiritual significance.
In practice
A sermon on the importance of worship over mere theological knowledge.
Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world.
The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience, his fear of life, his arid heart; and it is always, therefore, the signal of secret and violent humanity, the mark of cruelty.
Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.
There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.
There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.
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