Author: Karl Barth

Quotes

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

- Karl Barth

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

- Karl Barth

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

- Karl Barth

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

- Karl Barth

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

- Karl Barth

Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.

Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.

- Karl Barth

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

- Karl Barth

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

- Karl Barth

Faith is never identical with piety.

Faith is never identical with piety.

- Karl Barth

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