The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation. Karl Barth More Quotes by Karl Barth More Quotes From Karl Barth Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death. Karl Barth scripturejesuschrist The resurrection of Jesus was like a boulder crashing into the pool of history. Karl Barth bouldersresurrectionjesus The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that. Karl Barth argumentsideslittles We must hold the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. Karl Barth newspapershands Thus in this oneness Jesus Christ is the Mediator, the Reconciler, between God and man. Thus He comes forward to MAN on behalf of GOD calling for and awakening faith, love and hope, and to GOD on behalf of MAN, representing man, making satisfaction and interceding. Thus He attests and guarantees to God's free GRACE and at the same time attests and guarantees to God man's free GRATITUDE. Karl Barth gratitudemenjesus It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart. Karl Barth angeltogetherplay Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. Karl Barth laughterhumorhappiness All sin has its being and origin in the fact that man wants to be his own judge. And in wanting to be that, and thinking and acting accordingly, he and his whole world is in conflict with God. It is an unreconciled world, and therefore a suffering world, a world given up to destruction. Karl Barth judgingmenthinking In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. Karl Barth churchjesuschrist The angels laugh at old Karl. They laugh at him because he tries to grasp the truth about God in a book of Dogmatics. They laugh at the fact that volume follows volume, and each is thicker than the previous ones. As they laugh, they say to one another, ‘Look! Here he comes now with his little pushcart full of volumes of the Dogmatics!’—and they laugh about the persons who write so much about Karl Barth instead of writing about the things he is trying to write about. Truly, the angels laugh. Karl Barth angelwritingbook The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field. Karl Barth sulkyjoyway There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts. Karl Barth lipsheartsong One drop of eternity is of greater weight than a vast ocean of finite things. Karl Barth powerfuloceanweight Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. Karl Barth hatechangegod Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone. Karl Barth confidence-in-godpossibilityreligion Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace. Karl Barth graceexpressionlife Sin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before Karl Barth sinlight Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God. Karl Barth truthmenlying This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before. Karl Barth limitskindnessjesus Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are. Karl Barth evil-thingsevil-withinsin
