“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
“The confession of the church touching Jesus Christ can never be a knowledge such that, with it, the church can elevate itself above the world. It is precisely within the church that people will have to remind themselves that this… — 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. And in the atmosphere of false polarities, we often stop listening to each other’s words. With this, irritation and pique poison the theological discussion. But it is striking and, at the same time, reassuring that the… — 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 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
