October 2010
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Jüngel: The Speaking God and the Hearing Church
“[T]o desribe the action of the church as a word-event rather than as an opus allows us to make a more appropriate distinction between the divine acting subject and the human acting subject. For in accordance with its very raison d’etre, the church is primordially defined as the hearing church… Since the church comes into being as the hearing church and only by hearing becomes...
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Ecclesio-centricity or Ecclesio-eccentricity: Nate...
Here you can find an excellent interview of Nathan Kerr by Halden Doerge about his new(er), somewhat controversial book Christ, History, and Apocalyptic: The Politics of Christian Mission. (And, yes, visit the other hyperlinks as well). Nate also has some insightful comments about the dangers intrinsic to the idea of a Christian University as well as new directions in his constructive theological...
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Barth and Shallow Ecumenism
At work this afternoon, I was doing the usual run through of Band 1 of the Bibliographie Karl Barth when I stumbled upon this fascinating little letter written by Barth in 1928 to an editor of an ecumenically concerned, quarterly magazine the “Student World.” The editor had requested Barth write an article on the theme “The Christ of Faith.” Here is Barth’s response....
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"Following After" is a Sacrifice of Independence
“Evangelical theology is distinguished from philosophy in that it does not desire to be lacking in presuppositions, but rather implies certain decisions in its approach to being evangelical theology. A dialogue with philosophical theology, which is really concievable only as an argument, or a disputation with atheism, must begin accordingly with the exposition of these hermeneutical...
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There Will Be Blood... of Christ.
Of Course, most have probably already seen this. But, a second viewing is as rewarding as the first. Then, this…
