Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are.
Karl BarthWhen we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?
Karl BarthWhat is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation of Christ is the living God himself.
Karl BarthFaith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.
Karl Barth