G C Berkouwer Inspirational Quotes (5)

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

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 learns that salvation is obtained only as a divine gift an never as an acquisiton because of good works.

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 Testament opposition to myth.

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

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