You might remember a few weeks back I wrote some thoughts about my start with Barth, where I highlighted a few things that stood… Read more Notes and quotes, Part 2: Barth’s Dogmatics
Category: Karl Barth
Academic Questions are Sometimes Answered by the Not So Academic
I happened to find this statement from Karl Barth intriguing and wondered what implications it might have for Christian bloggers.… Read more Academic Questions are Sometimes Answered by the Not So Academic
Word of God Speak
In their 2002 album ‘Spoken for’, MercyMe featured a song called ‘Word of God Speak’. The words: I’m finding myself… Read more Word of God Speak
Notes and quotes, Part 1: Barth’s Church Dogmatics
I have begun reading a second book from Barth’s Dogmatics. Having, probably rather oddly, chosen to read the final book first I have become comfortable with… Read more Notes and quotes, Part 1: Barth’s Church Dogmatics
Sin & The Rejection of Grace
Of all the post-Nicene fathers, St. John Chrysostom is the one whose theological writings enthrall me the most. He wrote that:… Read more Sin & The Rejection of Grace
The Blast Radius of Forgiveness
In my experience reactions to the words, “I’m sorry” occur in four ways:(approach/response) 1) I am sorry – I am… Read more The Blast Radius of Forgiveness
Significant Provision
Watchman Nee explains that the Spirit, ‘is like a light; it will flood and illuminate the interior’ (Nee 1990:326). Karl… Read more Significant Provision
Never Again
In 1994, my senior high history class walked through the halls of Sydney’s Holocaust museum. At the entrance to the museum… Read more Never Again
The league of theological vegetables
‘After his lecture, during the Q & A time, a student asked Barth if he could summarize his whole life’s… Read more The league of theological vegetables
Karl Barth, 1912, ‘We cannot fail to hear’
‘For I believe that, just as we may not approach events such as this one out of curiosity and a… Read more Karl Barth, 1912, ‘We cannot fail to hear’
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