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Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer

In the doctrine of Providence, we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is no general, vague notion of Providence. It has a concrete focus: 'If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?' (Rom.8:31, 32).

Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer

Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer

Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer

Born: June 8, 1903

Died: January 26, 1996 (aged 92)

Bio: Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer was for years the leading theologian of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. He occupied the Chair in systematic theology of the Faculty of Theology, Free University in Amsterdam.

Known for:

Man-The Image of God (1962)
Faith and Justification (1954)
Faith and sanctification (1952)
Holy Scripture (1975)
The return of Christ (1972)

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