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Dan
Look! A Barth Post!
Finally, I have braved the thought of trying to pick up Barth again. About every 300 pages I find something I understand… or I think I understand. I don’t know why I’m trying to pick up Barth again. My life is so crammed full of stuff, this isn’t exactly devotional reading. But for today, I try to look a bit Barthian, much to…
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Dan
Barth — The Certainty… and the Mystery
From time to time I attempt to pick Barth back up and see if there is anything I can understand. Occasionally it seems something makes sense. If I get this wrong, please don’t tell me, because this section I read in II.1 is just profound to me as I read it. (Allow me to wallow in my vast ignorance if…
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Dan
Barth — Submitting to the Word
For Barth, the testimony of Scripture is received when the members of the Church are willing and ready to listen. They want to get into the Scripture and learn it, interpret it, and apply it. “Correspondingly, we must now say that this testimony cannot be received unless those who accept it are ready and willing themselves to assume the responsibility…
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Dan
The Double-Edged Sword of Updating Confessions
Confessions of faith are vital for a church. Barth’s position is that all confessions arise out of conflict. This is true. The Nicene Confession arose out of conflict over the deity and humanity of Christ. Confessions, in Barth’s view, come into a need for revision from time to time because of conflict. Controversies arise and further examination of a part…
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Dan
Three Voices We Need to Hear Again
Through church history, especially since the Reformation, I am convinced we are only rehashing old problems. We are just doing it with greater speed. (Kind of like our fashion trends these days. Did the 80s styles have to come back SO fast?) Three voices need to be heard once again, in my view. 1. Soren Kierkegaard. While I can never…
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