Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
What happened on that day (of Easter) became, was and remained the centre around which everything else moves. For everything lasts its time, but the love of God - which was at work and was expressed in the resurrection of… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“Godlessness is not… a possibility, but an ontological impossibility for man. Man is not without, but with God. This is not to say, of course, that godless men do not exist. Sin is undoubtedly committed and exists. Yet sin itself is not a possibility but an ontological impossibility for man. We are actually with Jesus, i.e., with God. this means… — Karl Barth Copy Share
When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“Holy Communion is offered to all, as surely as the living Jesus Christ is for all, as surely as all of us are not… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth - in the depth of human… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
