Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction Quotes
Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.
The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.
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.
To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.
No one can become and remain a theologian unless he is compelled again and again to be astonished at himself.
A quite specific astonishment stands at the beginning of every theological perception, inquiry, and thought.
God transcends even the undertakings of evangelical theologians.
On observing 1963 America for the first time, the author says that organization and standardization to a certain degree compete with divine providence.
Thou shalt make no image, no abstraction, including none of THE American, THE Swiss, THE German.
When theology recognizes one thing properly, it mis-recognizes something else all the more thoroughly.