“Faith looks away from itself to Christ ... sola fide (by faith alone) and sola gratia (by grace alone) ... mean the… — G C Berkouwer Faith Copy Share Image
“The fact that Bultmann proceeds from a pastoral and missionary motive - namely, to preserve modern man from rejecting the New Testament… — G C Berkouwer Modern man Copy Share Image
“If theology is to speak adequately of the gospel of Jesus Christ, it must be thoroughly committed to hearing “the powerful witness… — G C Berkouwer Christianity Copy Share Image
“Evil in man is radical, so much so that it cannot be overcome by human power.” — G C Berkouwer Human power Copy Share Image
“The authority of God is not ... an arbitrary, external authority, demanding blind obedience ... The authority of God is a wooing… — G C Berkouwer Blind obedience Copy Share Image
“The sanctification ... demanded is always an implicate of the sanctification that originates in God's mercy. Hence the sanctification of believers is… — G C Berkouwer Compassion Copy Share Image
“Worthy partakers are those who confess their sins in self-abhorrence, humiliation, faith in God’s promises, and gratefulness of heart. This is the… — G C Berkouwer Faith Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about baptism will always be its involvement with the death of Christ ... The prevenient aspect of the grace… — G C Berkouwer Death Copy Share Image
“The restoration ... of the image of God ... the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and… — G C Berkouwer Creation of man Copy Share Image
“Sanctification is not the humanly operated successor to the divinely worked justification.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“We must warn against an incorrect conception of theology, a conception which considers it possible to discuss Holy Scripture apart from a… — G C Berkouwer Personal relationship Copy Share Image
“When the concept of error in the sense of incorrectness is used on the same level as the concept of erring in… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“The authority of God's Word is not an arbitrary, external authority. It is a wooing and conquering authority. Scripture's authority does not… — G C Berkouwer Bible Copy Share Image
“Grace is at work even in fallen man ... to bend partially back in the right direction those human powers and endowments… — G C Berkouwer Right direction Copy Share Image
“Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason.” — G C Berkouwer Power Copy Share Image
“Common grace ... an imperfect solution ... does centre our attention on the gracious act of God in protecting man’s corrupt and… — G C Berkouwer Grace Copy Share Image
“In sanctification, there is never, under any circumstances, any room for self-pride or self-praise.” — G C Berkouwer Pride 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… — G C Berkouwer Flesh and blood Copy Share Image
“In tthe 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
“Theodicy ... what is involved is not a theoretical answer to the enigma of evil ... but an answer of faith ...… — G C Berkouwer Faith Copy Share Image
