“Evil in man is radical, so much so that it cannot be overcome by human power.” — G C Berkouwer Evil Copy Share Image
“Sanctification is not the humanly operated successor to the divinely worked justification.” — G C Berkouwer Justification Copy Share Image
“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.” — G C Berkouwer Justification 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
“Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason.” — G C Berkouwer Authority 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 gospel does not leave unchanged the person who does not listen and remains disobedient ... unbelief can lead only to progressive… — G C Berkouwer Christianity Copy Share Image
“The Church's objectivity is not subjectivized by the affirmation that the only framework in which the Church can remain the Church of… — G C Berkouwer Faith 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
“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
“Ttheology is not practised apart from faith, prayer and adoration ... The whole subject matter of Christology is most intimately related to… — G C Berkouwer Christology 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
“The Spirit alone could perform the miracle of making man walk on the road of sanctity without a sense of his own… — G C Berkouwer Miracles 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 Authority Copy Share Image
“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
“Everything is really said in an unobtrusive phrase, in Christ ...Faith is not added as a second, independent ingredient which makes its… — G C Berkouwer Faith 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 Confession 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 Baptism 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 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
“The fundamental fact about baptism will always be its involvement with the death of Christ ... The prevenient aspect of the grace… — G C Berkouwer Baptism Copy Share Image
“Over and over the question addressed to Jesus arises in the history of the church: 'Lord, will those who are saved be… — G C Berkouwer History Copy Share Image
“In the doctrine of providence we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through a true faith in Jesus Christ ... this… — G C Berkouwer Faith in god Copy Share Image
“Before the foundation of the world' ... These words do not occur in Scripture as a threat ... They are not placed… — G C Berkouwer Bible 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
“The authority of God's Word ... We must be aware of the dangers of an experience-theology ... We must be critical of… — G C Berkouwer Childlike faith 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 authority of God is unlike what is usually meant by "external authority" ... The authority of God brings perspective, joy and hope.” — G C Berkouwer Authority Copy Share Image
“Man, in and by the salvation of God, is delivered from the tenacity of the egocentric and commences to sing of the… — G C Berkouwer Glory of god 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
“The object of Christology is not a purely theoretical knowledge but a profitable, wholesome knowledge of the salvation of God in Jesus… — G C Berkouwer Christology Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit … does not lead us into error but into the pathways of truth … The Spirit, with this special… — 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
“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
“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
“Faith involves a certain subjectivity, ... a subjectivity which has meaning only as it is bound to the gospel.” — G C Berkouwer Christianity 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 Corinthians Copy Share Image
“The change which takes place when we trust Jesus Christ is not only a change in our view of Christ. Through Christ,… — G C Berkouwer Change Copy Share Image
