“Before the foundation of the world' ... These words do not occur in Scripture as a threat ... They are not placed in a context in which they make us dizzy in the face of an unapproachable 'eternity', ... but… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I am of the opinion that … one can judge soundly of the scriptural doctrine of election only when one rejects this symmetry (i.e.… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share
“The hesitations and doubts that are present at many points in modern theology do not in themselves indicate a deep and final uncertainty ...… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share
“It is the marvel of the work of the Holy Spirit that those who really respond to the proclamation of reconciliation claim no merit… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share
