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challenging
informative
slow-paced
This book is glorious. This selection of excerpts from Church Dogmatics by Karl Barth was compiled by Helmut Gollwitzer, a student of Barth and Barth's own choice to replace him at the University of Basel (though the university itself turned him down). This book can only serve as an introduction or an appetizer to the entree which is the 13 volume Church Dogmatics. Regardless, it is a fine introduction indeed. In these pages you meet a mind fixed upon Christ. Barth disciplined himself to think through every issue, rigorously, with Christ as the beginning and end. There is no knowledge of God apart from Christ. For Barth it is not enough to say "The Bible says ..." What the Bible says it says only because of what God has done in Christ. Until we can articulate that connection, that is, until we can say why what Christ has done produces "what the Bible says" then we have not understood "what the Bible says" at all. This goes down as one of the best books I've read all year.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Karl Barth is the most influential theologian of the 20th century. To me, anyone who makes both those on one side (fundamentalists, conservatives) and those on the other side (liberals) uncomfortable is probably on to something.
This book is portions from the 13 volume Church Dogmatics. After reading it, I wanted to order the complete, unabridged set and dive in.
Then I realized how expensive it is. And how I have a baby and a wife who I should probably spend time with. Oh, and my job. Plus I need to cook dinner and fix the front door...
Yeah, a 13 volume theology is not on my agenda anytime soon. But one of these days...
What I appreciate most about Barth is his absolute focus on Jesus Christ as our clearest picture of God and as the one true human. If only more Christians were more enamored with Jesus and less enamored with their own theologies we'd be ok.
This book is portions from the 13 volume Church Dogmatics. After reading it, I wanted to order the complete, unabridged set and dive in.
Then I realized how expensive it is. And how I have a baby and a wife who I should probably spend time with. Oh, and my job. Plus I need to cook dinner and fix the front door...
Yeah, a 13 volume theology is not on my agenda anytime soon. But one of these days...
What I appreciate most about Barth is his absolute focus on Jesus Christ as our clearest picture of God and as the one true human. If only more Christians were more enamored with Jesus and less enamored with their own theologies we'd be ok.