Christianity Quote by G C Berkouwer

“Lord, will those who are saved be few?” ... Jesus’ answer seems so noncommittal, so evasive ... Strive to enter by the narrow door…

— G C Berkouwer

“The history of salvation does away with any personal glory ... in Christ, we have the exclusion of all human merit.”

— G C Berkouwer

“The restoration of the image of God ... the new nature, created after the likeness of God in righteousness and holiness ... the new…

— G C Berkouwer

“On the route of faith and action, along with hope, we see that the gospel we believe is far removed from the picture of…

— G C Berkouwer

“Genuine sanctification has a ‘continued orientation toward justification.”

— G C Berkouwer

“Men have tried to construct abstract and causal answers to this question of sin's origin and ... have violated the very limits of objectivity…

— G C Berkouwer

“The true nature of good works cannot be understood apart from Christ who is our ‘sanctification’ (1 Corinthians 1:30).”

— G C Berkouwer

“In the Gospels, being a sinner means being lost ... There is no way for man to escape the condition of being lost ...…

— G C Berkouwer

“In the New Testament, "myth stands over against the truth (aletheia) of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been…

— G C Berkouwer

“Dilemmas always are a source of polarization. We quickly move over to simplistic either-or’s … in which the fulness of truth is torn apart.…

— G C Berkouwer

“The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ... it is…

— G C Berkouwer

“God ... is hidden from corrupt eyes, from the proud and disdainful, but revealed to those who in confession of sin and receptive faith…

— G C Berkouwer