Here in one place is a series of articles I wrote on Barth's doctrine of election. Barth's Doctrine of Grace (Part 1) We begin a series of articles on Barth's doctrine of grace. Barth articulates his view in chapter 7 of his Church Dogmatics (found in the second part volume of the second volume) titled … Continue reading Barth’s Doctrine of Grace
"The third day he rose again from the dead." This article gives us the explanation of the foundation of our faith in our justification, in our resurrection and in our new life. Once again we must insist on the fact that we are not dealing with illustrations, or with exaggerations of some religious enthusiasm. If … Continue reading Karl Barth on Easter
O Lord God, our Father, You are the light that can never be put out; and now you give us a light that shall drive away all darkness. You are love without coldness, and you have given us such warmth in our hearts that we can love all when we meet. You are the life … Continue reading A Prayer for Easter
"He descended into hell." The descent into hell may be interpreted in the light of these words of Christ on the cross: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The descent into hell deals with Jesus Christ cast into despair, into distress of conscience, into that feeling that God is against him. The … Continue reading Jesus’ descent into Hell
What kind of path was it that led him to this point, to the horror of this moment? That was Jesus. That was God's path to us, to the dark place to which we all belong, because we have abandoned God an abandon him again and again. Sent by his Father, Jesus went and came … Continue reading Karl Barth on Good Friday
Merry Christmas to you and yours from the team at Karl Barth for Dummies. "The nativity mystery “conceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary”, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own grace. The miracle of the existence of Jesus , his “climbing down of God” is: Holy … Continue reading 2017 Christmas Card
Facebook, to be honest, is a popularity contest. It isn't the place people normally go to to learn new things or to be challenged about their basic assumptions. People like to hear their beliefs affirmed. Twitter is the same. I'm as guilty as anyone. Sometimes I even catch myself scrolling through Twitter just looking for … Continue reading The Results of the Popularity Contest
In developments that will send a shock-wave through the theological community, DeepMind's ground breaking artificial intelligience AlphaZero mastered the entire corpus of Karl Barth in merely four hours then exploded in spectacular fashion. Fortunately no one was hurt as researchers had wisely taken the precaution of exposing the self-teaching algorithm to Barth's densely worded theological … Continue reading DeepMind’s AlphaZero masters Barth in just four hours
Drinklings is a US based company that sells mugs and coffee to support mission and social justice projects around the world. They've made a Karl Barth mug and they offered one of their mugs and a bag of coffee as a prize in a raffle. To enter click on the link below, visit the Karl … Continue reading Karl Barth Mug Competition
