The Call to Discipleship Quotes

“The lifting up of themselves for which he gives them freedom is not a movement which is formless, or to which they themselves have to give the necessary form. It takes place in a definite form and direction. Similarly, their looking to Jesus as their Lord is not an idle gaping. It is a vision that stimulates those to whom it is given to a definite action.”
― Karl Barth, Call to Discipleship

“Karl Barth's writings had a deep impact on the theology of the twentieth century. But his vast Church Dogmatics stands as his foundational work.
The present volume is a brief excerpt from Church Dogmatics (vol. 4, pt. 2).”
― Karl Barth, Call to Discipleship