Karl Barth’s critical appreciation of Søren Kierkegaard (February 17, 2019)

Karl Barth received the Danish Sonning Prize in 1963, which was also received by William Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Igor Stravinsky, Niels Bohr, and Bertrand Russel. [p19] When Barth received the award, he provided a brief criticism of Søren Kierkegaard (sharing many similarities with Barth's criticism of Friedrich Schleiermacher) that every […]

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Karl Barth’s Letter to Francis Schaeffer (April 2, 2016)

Karl Barth wrote the following letter to Francis Schaeffer in 1950 that is similar to his response to Cornelius Van Til and assessment of Billy Graham. Bergli, Oberrieden, September 3, 1950 Rev. Francis A. Schaeffer Châlet des Frênes Champéry Dear Mr. Schaeffer! I acknowledge receipt of your letter from August 28[1], and of your paper "The New Modernism."[2] […]

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Karl Barth’s letter in response to Cornelius Van Til’s questions (April 29, 2014)

~ Updated and Revised: February 21st, 2019 ~ In the following letter in the book Karl Barth: Letters 1961-1968, Karl Barth says that Cornelius Van Til considered him to be "possibly the worst heretic of all time". It is well known that that Van Til despised Barth and wrote two books against his theologian, […]

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Review of Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology (January 20, 2014)

Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology: Convergences and Divergences, edited by Sung Wook Chung, arrived via Interlibrary Loan, and after reading it, I have some comments about the best essays in this book, and will politely skip over the ones that I graciously that I did not, so to speak, enjoy. […]

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Abraham Kuyper’s Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology (Selections) (March 15, 2012)

Abraham Kuyper's Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology: Its Principles is a large book that so-far-as-I-know has not been completely translated into English. Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) is a famous Dutch Calvinist, who was Prime Minster (circa 1901-1905) of the Netherlands and wrote many books. Kuyper's most widely read book translated into English […]

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