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Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.

Karl Barth

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
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The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.
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Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.
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Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?
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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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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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A being is free only when it can determine and limit its activity.
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Let us hear what the Bible says and what we as Christians are called to hear together: By grace you have been saved.
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