Karl Barth’s Angry Letter to Helmut Gollwitzer on the Book of Job (August 21, 2016)

In 1959, Karl Barth wrote an exposition of the Book of Job that he divided into four long small-print sections weaved into the end of the Church Dogmatics IV/3.1. Helmut Gollwitzer was Karl Barth's personal assistant in the 1960's after Charlotte Von Kirschbaum became ill. And in 1966, Gollwitzer realized that these small-print sections […]

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A letter from Hans Küng (May 6, 2016)

Hans Küng is a famous Swiss Catholic theologian and a personal hero of mine, so I was over joyed to receive a personal letter from him yesterday. Küng was a peritus at Vatican II, and is most famous for his criticism of Papal Infallibility in his book Infallible? and for his […]

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Jonathan Edwards’ Letter to Deborah Hatheway (May 6, 2012)

Jonathan Edwards wrote a short letter to Deborah Hatheway who was an 18 year old girl who came to Christ during one of the revivals in Suffield, Massachusetts (circa 1734AD). This short letter discusses a Christian's response to sin after conversion to Christianity in simple language that is a helpful guide […]

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