After a long and needless delay, we resume our series of blogs on Dr Marty Folsom's upcoming book - Learning to Read the Church Dogmatics of Karl Barth - One Bite at a Time. You can find the previous blogs here, here, and here. Today we take the view of the Dogmatics from the airplane. Marty tries to … Continue reading Chapter 4 – One Bite at a Time
(In which is found a summary of CD III/2, 19-55) We know what true humanity is because the relationship between God and human beings is made known in the Word of God. This relationship is the theme and content of the Bible. To describe what human beings are and what their relationship is to their … Continue reading Man as an Object of Theological Knowledge – Dummies Style
Karl Barth's life told by puppets? Like bacon and maple syrup on pancakes, that has to be one of the best combinations of three of my favorite things. (The following has been translated into English from this webpage) KARL.B.DENKT: a tribute to Karl Barth The visitor to Zürich, who came to Stäfa via Zurich, found a … Continue reading Karl Barth – with Puppets!
The children songs of Abel Burckhart gave Karl Barth his first theological education. Later Barth wrote: What made an indelible impression on me was the homely self-assurance with which these unpretentious verses spoke of the vents of Christmas, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, as though they could have taken place that very morning … Continue reading Karl Barth on the hymns of his childhood
(Translated from CGST magazine - click here for the link) And here's a very faint copy of the original German. For Hong Liang, this is all I could write tonight, heartfelt greetings. What is Theology for? by Jürgen Moltmann 1. Theology exists for faith. Christian faith is not a blind faith, but a knowing faith. This … Continue reading What is Theology for? by Jürgen Moltmann
CHAPTER 3 VIEW FROM 40,000 – SPACE SHUTTLE REENTRY VIEW The point of this chapter is to capture the CD in one long sentence: SUMMARY: “The Science of God explores the revealed God through an encounter with the actuality of God made known in Jesus Christ who is spotlighted in Scripture to hone our relation … Continue reading Chapter 3 – One Bite at a Time
We are currently posting excerpts from Dr Marty Folsom's upcoming book - Learning to Read the Church Dogmatics of Karl Barth - One bite at a time. Today we take in the view from Earth's orbit. CHAPTER 2 - THE VIEW FROM EARTH’S ORBIT The point of this chapter is to capture the Church Dogmatics … Continue reading Chapter Two – One Bite at a Time
I'm really excited to introduce a series of blogs from Dr Marty Folsom, author of Face to Face. Marty has written a guide for understanding Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics from the big picture and once all the chapters have been written, to publish them as a book. Chapter 1 starts with the biggest picture of … Continue reading Chapter 1 – One Bite at a Time
Theological Declaration of Barmen Written by Karl Barth and the confessing church in Nazi Germany in response to Hitler's national church. Its central doctrines concern the sin of idolatry and the lordship of Christ I. An Appeal to the Evangelical Congregations and Christians in Germany 8.01 The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church met in … Continue reading The Barmen Declaration
