The Hammer of God Quotes

“One ought not talk about oneself, it may hide Jesus from view.”
― Bo Giertz, The Hammer of God

“No, what was the good in this! Torvik turned over in bed and folded his hands. After all, they could not shoot God. Temples had been desecrated in times past in Christendom, but the Church remains. The gates of hell would never overcome her. In the final account, all this was only a drop in the cup of suffering that mankind through the millennia again and again had prepared for itself through its disobedience. Was it reasonable to think that our generation, which maybe had been more disobedient than any preceding one, would be spared from it? And had not Christ himself fully drunk the cup to show that the way did not go above a cruel reality but straight through its blood and anguish?”
― Bo Giertz, Hammer of God, Revised Edition

“Read God’s Word now as God’s Word, without skipping anything. Underline heavily everything about what our Savior has done for us. And if you like, write ‘For me’ in the margin. You need this yourself, and it is your duty to preach it to your congregation, as well.”
― Bo Giertz, Hammer of God, Revised Edition

“The stony soil of our heart, the rock foundation of our corrupt human nature, need not, therefore, be the basis for judgment upon us. It can be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, just as the hill of Golgotha was when drops of blood fell upon it and it was transformed from a place of execution to the Rock of Atonement.”
― Bo Giertz, The Hammer of God

“I am a sinner, a great sinner.
"Yes, that you are, Johannes. But Jesus is a still greater Savior.”
― Bo Giertz, Hammer of God

“Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? He that hath ... a pure heart. But never, never I:”
― Bo Giertz, Hammer of God