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

- G. C. Berkouwer

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

- G. C. Berkouwer

Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this-worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-escahtologizing the gospel.

- G. C. Berkouwer

In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been already cast in the New Tes…

- G. C. Berkouwer

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

- G. C. Berkouwer

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

- G. C. Berkouwer

We can hardly say that the Pharisees had an accurate ‘knowledge’ of man when they pointed to the sins (the real sins) of publicans and sinners. This …

- 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.

- G. C. Berkouwer

In the doctrine of Providence, we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is no general, …

- G. C. Berkouwer