Here is a pretty cool primary source provided by kbarth.org via YouTube. This follows on from my post a few days back about… Read more Barth: ‘The Confessing Church Was A Decisive “No”‘ To Blind Acquiescence [Video]
Category: Karl Barth
The Confessing Church’s “Nein” & Natural Theology
This past week I’ve posted two brief reflections on Eberhard Busch’s lectures featured in ‘The Barmen Theses: Then and Now’. … Read more The Confessing Church’s “Nein” & Natural Theology
The Church, The State & The Royal Lordship of Jesus Christ
The clear intent of ‘The Barmen Declaration’ is found in its authors struggle to find balance. They did this by… Read more The Church, The State & The Royal Lordship of Jesus Christ
Eberhard Busch: The Prayer of Jesus Is The First Act In Christian Ethics
‘Pray consistently and never quit’ – Jesus. (Luke 18, The Message) It has been some time since I last… Read more Eberhard Busch: The Prayer of Jesus Is The First Act In Christian Ethics
Resurrection Sunday, 2014
Easter Sunday is an anticipation of Pentecost. Karl Barth writes of the human response being one of ‘unconditional gratitude…because baptism of the Holy Spirit… Read more Resurrection Sunday, 2014
The Walk and Activity Of Grateful Children
‘Be the children of God. Let your walk and activity be the walk and activity of those who are thankful.’… Read more The Walk and Activity Of Grateful Children
Funding Gratitude
Funding the time to practice, and find gratitude for the time and space to study is not always easy. I did, however, manage… Read more Funding Gratitude
True Freedom
We don’t always hit the ground running with Home-school scripture (devotions). Today we did. The message led us to review… Read more True Freedom
Barth: In Jesus Christ Sin Is Condemned By Omission
Here are some highlights from Barth’s discussion on Christology in Church Dogmatics 1:2. These don’t convey the full gravitas of his… Read more Barth: In Jesus Christ Sin Is Condemned By Omission
Grace-Received & Grace-Rejected
Speaking on Spirit and Truth in his 1996 book, ‘Flame of Love’, Clark Pinnock writes that ‘maturity’[i] moves forward through… Read more Grace-Received & Grace-Rejected
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