"Theology is a peculiarly
beautiful discipline.
Indeed, we can confidently say that it is the most
beautiful of all disciplines.
To find academic study distasteful is the mark of
the Philistine.
It is an extreme form of Philistinism to find, or to be
able to find, theology distasteful.
The theologian who labors without joy is not
a theologian at all.
Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of
speaking are intolerable in this field."
Karl Barth