Reading Karl Barth’s Doctrine of God (2)
Selection: The Church Dogmatics II/1:12-21, §25.1 “Man before God.” When Barth speaks of ‘man before God’ he means the person who does in fact stand before God, the one in whom the knowledge of God has been realised or fulfilled. How does this occur, …
Times Have Changed
This is from the opening paragraph in the General Introduction of The Library of Living Theology. The first volume of the series appeared in 1952, and thus the General Introduction probably also appeared then: As we enter the second half of the …
Reading Karl Barth’s Doctrine of God (1)
Selection: The Church Dogmatics II/1:3-12, §25.1 “Man before God.” Barth begins his treatment of the doctrine of God with a chapter entitled “The Knowledge of God.” The chapter has three sections, the first being “The Fulfilment of the Knowledge of God” itself comprised of …
Let’s Get Growing (3) – As Gospel Community
(This brief article was published in the Advocate in August 2021 (page 13), the third in a series of articles on spiritual growth. The Advocate is published by the Baptist Churches of Western Australia.) Many years ago, Monica and I took our youth …
Center for Baptist Renewal Reading Challenge
I have only now become aware of this reading challenge from the Center for Baptist Renewal, and too late to join it this year, obviously. I don’t think I would have had time for it this year any way. The list of …
Let’s Get Growing (2) – in the Gospel
(This brief article was published in the Advocate in June 2021 (page 13), the second in a series of articles on spiritual growth. The Advocate is published by the Baptist Churches of Western Australia.) The Apostle Paul wrote, “Don’t be conformed to this …
Calvin, on the Theologian’s Pastoral Task
I came across this note as I read a little of Calvin this evening. I was in the Institutes I:14:iv on the doctrine of creation where Calvin is beginning his discussion of the angels. He writes to head off the kind of teaching that …
Let’s Get Growing (1)
(This brief article was published in the Advocate in April 2021 (page 4), the first in a series of articles on spiritual growth. The Advocate is published by the Baptist Churches of Western Australia.) One joy in life for Monica and me at …
Neder: On Teaching & Learning Theology (Part 3)
Teaching and learning theology is dangerous: so says Neder in his fourth chapter. Of course, teaching spaces should be ‘safe spaces’ in the sense that students are not demeaned, coerced, or manipulated. Unless students have confidence that teachers and classmates take their …