“Lord, will those who are saved be few?” ... Jesus’ answer seems so noncommittal, so evasive ... Strive to enter by the… — 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 History Copy Share Image
“The restoration of the image of God ... the new nature, created after the likeness of God in righteousness and holiness ...… — G C Berkouwer Creation of man 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… — G C Berkouwer Christianity 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… — 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 Nature Copy Share Image
“In the Gospels, being a sinner means being lost ... There is no way for man to escape the condition of being… — 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… — G C Berkouwer History 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… — G C Berkouwer Christianity Copy Share Image
“The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ...… — G C Berkouwer Doubt Copy Share Image
“God ... is hidden from corrupt eyes, from the proud and disdainful, but revealed to those who in confession of sin and… — G C Berkouwer Long way Copy Share Image
“I am of the opinion that … one can judge soundly of the scriptural doctrine of election only when one rejects this… — G C Berkouwer Democracy Copy Share Image
“The hesitations and doubts that are present at many points in modern theology do not in themselves indicate a deep and final… — G C Berkouwer Christianity Copy Share Image
“It is the marvel of the work of the Holy Spirit that those who really respond to the proclamation of reconciliation claim… — G C Berkouwer Holy spirit Copy Share Image
“The authority of God is unlike what is usually meant by "external authority" ... The authority of God brings perspective, joy and hope.” — G C Berkouwer Hope Copy Share Image
“Reality and symbolism in the sacraments ... Only if we reject false dilemmas ... it will be possible to delve deeper, to… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The character of faith resolves all tensions between objectivity and subjectivity, For faith has significance only in its orientation to its object… — G C Berkouwer Faith Copy Share Image
“Man does not have the power to begin by himself any change in spiritual things ... There is no limit or boundary… — G C Berkouwer Change Copy Share Image
“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather he is engaged intimately, in ...… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Theology is not an excursion into the stratosphere that lies beyond scriptural sppech in time: it may not travel beyond the borders… — G C Berkouwer Bible Copy Share Image
“Hardening can never be broken by man in his own power. There is no other therapy that can bring about a change… — G C Berkouwer Divine healing Copy Share Image
“Ttheology is not practised apart from faith, prayer and adoration ... The whole subject matter of Christology is most intimately related to… — G C Berkouwer Faith Copy Share Image
“The perseverance of the saints is not primarily a theoretical problem but a confession of faith ... a song of praise to… — G C Berkouwer Faith Copy Share Image
“The purpose of the God-breathed Scripture is not at all to provide a scientific gnosis in order to convey and increase human… — G C Berkouwer Bible Copy Share Image
