The separation between Church and State is not a divide between secular and sacred. Nor is this separation a divide… Read more A Layman’s Guide to The Separation of Church & State: What it is & What it’s Not
Category: Confessing Church
Preaching In Hitler’s Shadow: Enter Karl Barth
There are a vast number of books that discuss Karl Barth’s theology. So far some of the best include Gorringe, Busch, Bloesch… Read more Preaching In Hitler’s Shadow: Enter Karl Barth
The Politics Of Realignment: A House of Slavery Or The House of Freedom
The general reasoning against any sizeable interest in the suffering and pain of Germans in World War Two might go along these… Read more The Politics Of Realignment: A House of Slavery Or The House of Freedom
Nein: Why I Will Be Voting “No” To Same-Sex Marriage
Commenting on contentious issues comes with a level of risk. These risks include misinterpretation, malicious dismissal, personal attacks and harassment.… Read more Nein: Why I Will Be Voting “No” To Same-Sex Marriage
Tolstoy’s Faith: I am Supported Above the Abyss
Stumbling through some images yesterday, I came across an ‘old’ e-formatted copy of Leo Tolstoy’s 1879 work – ‘A Confession’. I… Read more Tolstoy’s Faith: I am Supported Above the Abyss
Confessions: Barmen, Barth & Busch
For some time now I have been seriously captivated by the Barmen Declaration and the Confessing Church. I recently had… Read more Confessions: Barmen, Barth & Busch
The Confessing Church Is A Church of Martyrs: Church, Sleep No More!
The word martyr [μάρτυς] means to ‘bear witness’, this is derived from the word marturion [μαρτύριον] which is understood to mean evidence… Read more The Confessing Church Is A Church of Martyrs: Church, Sleep No More!
The Writing Is On The Wall
Arrested four times, Paul Schneider became one of the first theologians of the Confessing Church to be murdered by the Nazis, and… Read more The Writing Is On The Wall
Why Trump Is Not Hitler & Why American Evangelicals Are Not The German Christian Movement
Some academic internet interlocutors recently tried to stick some historical parallels on Donald Trump and American Evangelicals. They were attempting to link the… Read more Why Trump Is Not Hitler & Why American Evangelicals Are Not The German Christian Movement
The Forthrightness of Bonhoeffer’s Relevance
In the process of studying, sometimes, amusing things happen. The quirky. The cool and the outright – “this has to be… Read more The Forthrightness of Bonhoeffer’s Relevance
Rod Lampard 