My top ten posts of the year are never viral, but they are helpful to reflect back on the year to see what was helpful to the PostBarthian readers around the world, and this year is no different! What I appreciate this top ten is the diversity of theologians from many very different church traditions featured throughout the list including David Bentley Hart, Karl Barth, Tom M. Horner, Jonathan Edwards, J. Gresham Machen, G. C. Berkouwer, Eberhard Jüngel, Jürgen Moltmann, and many others. 

The diversity reflects the PostBarthian's mission to be ecumenically reformed. The following list is ordered by descending popularity, beginning with the most popular posts published in 2018. (There are a handful of posts from 2016 & 2017 that out performed these posts, but I didn't include them because they weren't written in 2018. Maybe I'll share my best of all time in the future.) Finally, I'd like to thank all the PostBarthian readers in the world. Grace and peace to you!  

 

1

David Bentley Hart on why Paul denied the historicity of the Old Testament in 1 Corinthians 10:11

 

 

2

Karl Barth and the Barmen Declaration (1934)

 

 

3

REVIEW: David Bentley Hart’s The New Testament: A Translation

 

 

4

The person Jesus marveled at for having the greatest faith was a homosexual

 

 

5

Jonathan Edwards: a slave-owner who purchased slaves and defended slavery

 

 

6

J. Gresham Machen’s racist 1913 letter and agenda (and a defense of Karl Barth)

 

 

7

Karl Barth’s praise of G. C. Berkouwer and apology to the Calvinists

 

 

8

Criticism of Penal Substitutionary Atonement (feat. Eberhard Jüngel)

 

 

9

Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Word of God in Threefold Form

 

 

10

Jürgen Moltmann: The Annihilation of Hell by the Cosmic Christ Jesus