Preachers love pulpits. We dream of Calvin’s crowned pulpit with the spiral staircase, Spurgeon’s rail pulpit in London, Palmer’s marble pulpit in Columbia, or the “high pulpit” of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah. But my favorite is the pulpit…
In the first post in this series, we gave consideration to Van Til’s assessment of Barth’s Christology. In this post we wish to examine Barth’s own teaching on Christology. The key to understanding Barth’s Christology is to understand where he…
In the recent resurgence of interest in the theology of Karl Barth–particularly among evangelicals1–theologians of no mean significance have opined on Cornelius Van Til’s writings about the dialectical theologian. Van Til, according to some, offered an “absurd”2 and “inept analysis”3…
This is the final post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed community (see parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and 10 and 11). Conclusion There may be ways to construe the supposed pre-existent humanity of Christ without transgressing…
This is the eleventh post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed community (see parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and 10). Seventh Statement: The “Unknown Humanity of God in Christ” “Until recent times,” Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen observes,…
Just received these helpful additions to my earlier post on Barth from an interested reader: Here are some things that would make my reasons-for-Barth list: • Barth is more than a sparring partner, he seemed to be deeplydevoted to the…
Just received these helpful additions to my earlier post on Barth from an interested reader: Here are some things that would make my reasons-for-Barth list: • Barth is more than a sparring partner, he seemed to be deeplydevoted to the…
Mulling over Del’s sharp question about what can be learned from Barth, beyond the abandonment of inerrancy, I’d like to suggest the following: 1. Barth was a great mind. Reading the works of a great mind is never a waste…
Mulling over Del’s sharp question about what can be learned from Barth, beyond the abandonment of inerrancy, I’d like to suggest the following: 1. Barth was a great mind. Reading the works of a great mind is never a waste…
