2 Quotes by G C Berkouwer

Faith is decisively determined by the object of faith, namely, God and His Word. This does not... imply that Scripture... derives its authority from the believer’s faith: this idea is already rendered untenable by the very nature of faith, which rests on and trusts in the Word of God.

If theology is to speak adequately of the gospel of Jesus Christ, it must be thoroughly committed to hearing “the powerful witness of the ‘tremendous’ Word that always speaks against us so that we can learn to stop speaking against it.