Carolina QuotesEternity is here (in the stable at Bethlehem and on the cross of Calvary) in time.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Knowledge of God and the Service of God (1939)
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- 1939
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“Eternity is here (in the stable at Bethlehem and on the cros…” Karl Barth. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-77AD969020. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/77ad969020
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