“Man does not have the power to begin by himself any change in spiritual things ... There is no limit or boundary within human nature beyond which we can find some last human reserve untouched by sin.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The change which takes place when we trust Jesus Christ is not only a change in our view of Christ. Through Christ, we look differently at both God’s creation and our own circumstances.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Lord, will those who are saved be few?” ... Jesus’ answer seems so noncommittal, so evasive ... Strive to enter by the narrow door… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The history of salvation does away with any personal glory ... in Christ, we have the exclusion of all human merit.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The restoration of the image of God ... the new nature, created after the likeness of God in righteousness and holiness ... the new… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“On the route of faith and action, along with hope, we see that the gospel we believe is far removed from the picture of… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Men have tried to construct abstract and causal answers to this question of sin's origin and ... have violated the very limits of objectivity… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The true nature of good works cannot be understood apart from Christ who is our ‘sanctification’ (1 Corinthians 1:30).” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“In the Gospels, being a sinner means being lost ... There is no way for man to escape the condition of being lost ...… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“In the New Testament, "myth stands over against the truth (aletheia) of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Dilemmas always are a source of polarization. We quickly move over to simplistic either-or’s … in which the fulness of truth is torn apart.… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ... it is… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“God ... is hidden from corrupt eyes, from the proud and disdainful, but revealed to those who in confession of sin and receptive faith… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
