Karl Barth, Swiss theologian (and perhaps the leading Protestant theologian of the twentieth century)
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\u201cMan can certainly flee from God . . . \u00a0but he cannot escape him. \u00a0He 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nKarl Barth (1886-1968)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cMan can certainly flee from God . . . \u00a0but he cannot escape him. \u00a0He 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.\u201d Karl Barth (1886-1968) \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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