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What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

Karl Barth

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
Pastor
Theologian
University Teacher
Basle
Children
Always
Men
Chooses
Best

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There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology.
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The relation of this God with this man the relation of this man with this God--this is the only theme of the Bible and of philosophy.
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Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.
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A free theologian works in communication with other theologians...He waits for them and asks them to wait for him. Our sadly lacking yet indispensable theological co-operation depends directly or indirectly on whether or not we are wiling to wait for one another, perhaps lamenting, yet smiling with tears in our eyes.
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Mozart's music is an invitation to the listener to venture just a little out of the sense of his own subjectivity.
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Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it.
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There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts.
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If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity
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I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all
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Mozart's music always sounds unburdened, effortless, and light. This is why it unburdens, releases, and liberates us.
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Abortion is 'the great modern sin.
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Dogmatics is the testing of Church doctrine and proclamation.
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'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety.
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Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.
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I have read many books, but the Bible reads me.
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To be a Christian and to pray are one and the same thing it is a matter that cannot be left to our caprice. It is a need, a kind of breathing necessary to life.
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Faith is never identical with piety even if it were the purest and finest.
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A being is free only when it can determine and limit its activity.
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With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and sad: in short, one can live.
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God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.
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