Character Quote by G. C. Berkouwer

“Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.” quote by G. C. Berkouwer — Download Open image

“Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.”

G. C. Berkouwer

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The confession of the authority of the Word of God can never be isolated from the saving content of the Word of God.

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In the doctrine of Providence, we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is no general, vague notion of Providence. It has a concrete focus: ‘If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also…

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Grace is the essence of theology and gratitude is the essence of ethics.

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In Scripture the election of God ... does not come out of works but out of grace. God's electing plan prepares the way of…

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Scripture ... does not derive its authority from the fact that we use it, not even when we use Scripture in faith.

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