Evangelical Theology Quotes

“Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“No one can become and remain a theologian unless he is compelled again and again to be astonished at himself.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“A quite specific astonishment stands at the beginning of every theological perception, inquiry, and thought.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“The author says that theologian operates with windows open to the interest of the world, but also with a skylight that allows full awareness of prayer.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“God transcends even the undertakings of evangelical theologians.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“Thou shalt make no image, no abstraction, including none of THE American, THE Swiss, THE German.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“When theology recognizes one thing properly, it mis-recognizes something else all the more thoroughly.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“Describing the relationship between the biblical witnesses and the theologians who come after, the author challenges that the theologian is not to correct the notebooks of the biblical writers like some high school teacher. Instead, our theology is always subject to what THEY say, as we willingly submit our notebooks for their approval.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“Agape is related to Eros, as Mozart to Beethoven. How could they possibly be confused?”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“Agape is related to Eros, as Mozart to Beethoven. How could they possibly be confused? Agape”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“Evangelical theology is modest theology, because it is determined to be so by its object, that is, by him who is its subject.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“On observing 1963 America for the first time, the author says that organization and standardization to a certain degree compete with divine providence.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction

“Religion may be a private affair, but the woik and word of God are the reconciliation of the world with God, as it was performed in Jesus Christ.”
― Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction