“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 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
“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 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 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
“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
“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
“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 Authority 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ...… — G C Berkouwer Certainty 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 Sacraments 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
