Gage Jordan

“Religion is concerned with man’s relation to God, and man has no right to determine the nature of this relation. It is God’s prerogative to specify how man should be related to Him, and He does this in His divine Word.”
― Louis Berkhof, Manual of Christian Doctrine

“This general revelation never has been exclusively natural, but always contained an admixture of the supernatural. Even before the fall God revealed Himself to man supernaturally in the covenant of works. And in the course of the history of revelation God frequently revealed Himself in a supernatural way outside of the sphere of special revelation, Gen. 20:3 ff.; 40: 5 ff ; 41:1 ff.; Judg. 7:13; Dan. 2:1 ff.”
― Louis Berkhof, Manual of Christian Doctrine

“To the glorious message of redemption there is an answering faith on the part of man, consisting in a childlike trust in Jesus Christ, and becoming at the same time a fountain of love to God and His service.”
― Louis Berkhof, Manual of Christian Doctrine

“Because of the widespread illiteracy during the period of the Reformation, catechesis often took place in face-to-face discussion. This is why “Luther intended his catechism to target primarily pastors, but also parents, and other ‘opinion makers’ who would in turn share the teachings of the catechism orally with children and illiterate members of the household.”
― Justin S. Holcomb, Know the Creeds and Councils