Louis Berkhof famous quotes

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Freedom of the will is a psychological fiction.
-- Louis Berkhof

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In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state
-- Louis Berkhof

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It is that perfection of God by which he is devoid of all change, not only in His Being, but also in His perfections, and in His purposes and promises.
-- Louis Berkhof

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God's eternal decree certainly rendered the entrance of sin into the world certain, but this may not be interpreted so as to make God the cause of sin in the sense of being its responsible author
-- Louis Berkhof

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Common grace curbs the destructive power of sin, maintains in a measure the moral order of the universe, thus making an orderly life possible, distributes in varying degrees gifts and talents among men, promotes the development of science and art, and showers untold blessings upon the children of men.
-- Louis Berkhof

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[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word with its inherent divine power, a gracious water of life, a washing of regeneration. Through this divine efficacy of the Word the sacrament effects regeneration.
-- Louis Berkhof

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It does not seem proper to speak of one attribute of God as being more central and fundamental than another; but if this were permissible, the Scriptural emphasis on the holiness of God would seem to justify its selection.
-- Louis Berkhof

#Doe #Fundamentals #Holiness

I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
Successfully (whatever that may mean) or unsuccessfully, we all overact the part of our favorite character in fiction.
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.
That's me," he said, motioning to the robot. "That's all of us. We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.
...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.
A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.
All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.
Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.
You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical.

Louis Berkhof famous quotes

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