“Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason ... Something happens in revelation that is totally different from thwe way the authorities on earth coerce people into servile obedience ... The difference begins… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Faith is decisively determined by the object of faith, namely, God and His Word. This does not ... imply that Scripture ... derives its… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The perspective of Thomas' confession - 'My Lord and God' - must prevail through all our thinking and all our reinterpretations ... All reinterpretation… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“A feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty. It is not the certainty, but the truth in the certainty that makes us… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The church may not function as a fearful border guard, but rather as one who brings good tidings (Romans 10:15; Isaiah 52:7 ... For… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The hesitations and doubts that are present at many points (in contemporary theology) do not in themselves indicate a deep final uncertainty, an alienation… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather, he is engaged, intimately and personally, in the… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“It is possible to speak concretely about God's providnce only on the basis of the blood of the cross ... He who sees things… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“One cannot mount from reality to the righteousness of God, because reality can only be known through the explaining word of revelation. The Light… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“If apologetics becomes a fight over a system ... it becomes something very different from the 'giving an answer' for faith that the New… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“There is room for a humble and courageous defence of Christianity. The combination of humility and courage is the combination that Christianity in our… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason ... Something happens in revelation that is totally different… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Theodicy ... what is involved is not a theoretical answer to the enigma of evil ... but an answer of faith ... God's being… — G.C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image