Carolina QuotesWhile it is beyond our comprehension that eternity should meet us in time, yet it is true because in Jesus Christ eternity has become 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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