Category Archives: Karl Barth

Karl Barth Audio Lecture

Posted on February 17, 2008 by

I recently stumbled across this English audio lecture by Karl Barth on Evangelical theology. It’s moving. It’s inspiring. It’s profound. It’s convicting. It’s comforting. It’s powerful. Enjoy!

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What Karl Barth Really Said

Posted on July 31, 2006 by

There’s a certain arrogance in a title like that (reminds me of the arrogance revealed in a similar title on St. Paul). The title implies that Barth interpreters of the past have got him all wrong or mostly wrong, and … Continue reading →

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Has the Church Misread Karl Barth?

Posted on July 17, 2006 by

[see also the forward post on "What Karl Barth Really Said"] I hesitated to write this post since we’ve already said so much about Barth and given him so much press. John and I were supposed to move on to other issues … Continue reading →

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There’s Humor in Theology 4

Posted on July 5, 2006 by

A characteristic of postmodernity is sometimes said to be self-mockery, not taking yourself seriously (see Walsh and Middleton’s Truth is Stranger Than It Used to Be). But Karl Barth possessed this characteristic decades before the dawn of postmodernity. He had the … Continue reading →

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