On Karl Barth (1886-1968) Being No Conservative

I consider Barth a highly unreliable interpreter of the Bible – and, incidentally, no friend of evangelicals – despite recent attempts to rejuvenate and reconstruct him in that mold. – Stanley E. Porter (born in 1956), President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

 

On Marriage

When marriage is seen in the light of the divine command, then it is clear that it is a lasting life-partnership.  It is the full and exclusive union of a man and a woman for the whole of the time which still lies before them and is given them in common.  To enter upon marriage is to renounce the possibility of leaving it.

From: Church Dogmatics: Volume 3: The Doctrine of Creation, Part 4 by Karl Barth; reprint (Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2010), p. 203.  English translation originally published (Edinburgh: T & T Clark) in 1961.  German original published in 1951.  This volume is Volume 8 of the 14-volume set.

Karl Barth (1886-1968) was a Swiss theologian, educator, churchman, and author.  Although it exists in 14 published volumes, his Church Dogmatics remained uncompleted at his death.

 

Grace and Privilege

The grace of being permitted to believe in Christ is surpassed by the grace of being permitted to suffer for Him, of being permitted to walk the way of Christ Himself to the perfection of fellowship with Him.

From: The Epistle to the Philippians by Karl Barth (London: SCM Press, 1962 [ET]), p. 49.  Comment on Philippians 1.29.

Karl Barth (1886-1968) was a Swiss neo-orthodox theologian, educator, and author.