Best Karl Barth Sayings
- Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics, Dogmatics
- The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time. Christian
- No act of man can claim to be more than an attempt, not even science. Act
- He [Jesus Christ] is the Master of all as the Servant of all. All
- Man can certainly keep on lying (and does so), but he cannot make truth falsehood. Cannot Make
- The Devil may also make use of morality. Devil
- What God chooses for us children of men is always the best. Best
- Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good. Been
- Our position is such that we can be rescued from eternal death and translated into life only by total and unceasing substitution, the substitution which… Behalf
- I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all All
- All sin has its being and origin in the fact that man wants to be his own judge. And in wanting to be that, and… Accordingly
- To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. Beginning
- The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this… All
- This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in… Any
- I haven't even read everything I wrote. Even Read
- The nativity mystery “conceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary”, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own… Became
- ...'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety... Anxiety
- Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind. Blind
- As ministers we ought to speak of God. We are human, however, and so cannot speak of God. We ought therefore to recognize both our… Both
- The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that. Argument
- Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible. Bible
- Thus in this oneness Jesus Christ is the Mediator, the Reconciler, between God and man. Thus He comes forward to MAN on behalf of GOD… Attests
- Theology is not a private subject for theologians only. Nor is it a private subject for professors. Fortunately, there have always been pastors who have… Barbarians
- Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change… Cannot Change
- Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice… Abolishes