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All Blog Posts With Tag: Marty Folsom
My good friend Dr. Marty Folsom has published the first volume in his new book-series Karl Barth's Church Dogmatic's For Everyone Vol. 1. Each volume corresponds to a volume of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics, hence the subtitle "The Doctrine of the Word of God". The book is like a traveler's guide […]
The Angels Laugh at Old Karl Barth (May 23, 2020)
Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics is the greatest theological achievement of the modern era, and yet Barth often remarked in humility that God laughs at his Dogmatics. My friend Dr. Marty Folsom reminded me of the following famous and frequently quoted example of Barth's humble view of his marvelous achievement:
"The angels laugh at old […]
Mnemonics for Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics (feat. Robert McAfee Brown) (February 19, 2020)
Robert McAfee Brown's The Collect'd Writings of St. Hereticus is a hilarious guidebook for heretics everywhere and a formidable Life of St. Hereticus. Robert. M. Brown (not to be confused with Raymond E. Brown) incorporates copious references to Karl Barth throughout the book, mostly in jest, but also at times surprisingly […]
Marty Folsom’s Face to Face Vol. 3: Sharing God’s Life (Review) (January 28, 2017)
Dr. Marty Folsom is a personal friend of mine, and fellow denizen of the Pacific Northwest, and has the largest private theological library I've ever seen (with an entire bookcase full of Karl Barth books too.) Dr. Folsom is a worldwide leading theologian in Trinitarian Relational Theology and an expert […]
Face to Face Series by Marty Folsom (April 14, 2015)
My friend Dr. Marty Folsom recently invited me to view his impressive theological library in his home, and indeed, it is one of the biggest private collections of theological books I've seen in Washington State, with over 14,000 select volumes. I've never seen so many volumes by great theologians including […]
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