JD why do you think Barth is correct?
Have you ever asked yourself why a God who promised
through the prophet Jeremiah 2631yrs ago and later through the prophet Ezekiel
2602yrs ago that He would make a New Covenant with His ppl and that this New
Covenant would include writing His Law in their inward parts so that they
would not need a man to teach them because they would all know
Him which promise was again validated sometime before 70 AD
in the book of Hebrews?
Makes no common sense or any other kind of
sense to me in light of the above - (along with the Promise of the Holy
Spirit sent on the day of Pentecost to lead us into ALL truth) -
that He (the Omniscient God of the Universe) would find out later that He
also needed a German theologian (who has been dead 37yrs) and
his four volume Dogmatic (involving more than
9,000 pages) to unfold the Word He has already placed in the hearts of Believers.
There is something wrong with this picture...
judyt
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:52:46 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is a very good understanding, in small part, to what I see in Barth - and I think Barth is correct:From 1932 to 1967 he (Barth) worked on his Church Dogmatics, a multivolume work that was unfinished at his death. It consists of 13 parts in four volumes, running altogether to more than 9,000 pages. Although he changed some of his early positions, he continued to maintain that the task of theology is to unfold the revealed word attested in the Bible, and that there is no place for natural theology or the influence of non-Christian religions. His theology depended on a distinction between the Word (i.e., God's self-revelation as concretely manifested in Christ) and religion.From: Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill writes: "It will take many years, I'm sure, before Barth will be allowed to speak for himself to the conservative community. In the meantime Evangelical Christians will be missing out on one of the greatest voices the Church has ever known.I'm curious about what you find so great Bill... What does Barth say in the more than 9,000 pages of his Dogmatic that we can not learn through the grace and mercy of God from His Own Word? Was Barth inspired or misguided in his belief that the "task of theology is to unfold the revealed word attested in the Bible" when Jesus' own Words teach us that this is the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of those who believe and follow Him?The very size of the Dogmatics.Mascall said that it takes so much time to read this theologian of the word that no time is left to read the Word itself. His (Barth's) style is majestic, and difficult.From 1932 to 1967 he (Barth) worked on his Church Dogmatics, a multivolume work that was unfinished at his death. It consists of 13 parts in four volumes, running altogether to more than 9,000 pages. Although he changed some of his early positions, he continued to maintain that the task of theology is to unfold the revealed word attested in the Bible, and that there is no place for natural theology or the influence of non-Christian religions. His theology depended on a distinction between the Word (i.e., God's self-revelation as concretely manifested in Christ) and religion.
judyt & nbsp;
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His Commandments
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
