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Hope for the resurrection of the body is not merely a hope for the hour of death; it is a hope for all the hours of life from the first to the last. — Jürgen Moltmann (May 21, 2021)

In Jürgen Moltmann's systematic contribution The Way of Jesus Christ he argues that the resurrection of the body will include all its transitional forms from death to conception. A human being's body will simultaneously be raised as an adult, adolescent, child, infant, fetus, embryo, etc. and all forgotten memories and […]

Without women preachers, we would have no knowledge of the resurrection – Jürgen Moltmann (April 20, 2019)

Jürgen Moltmann on Good Friday: The theology of the cross is the reverse side of the theology of hope (April 18, 2019)

Jürgen Moltmann's The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology is one of the greatest theology books every published on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and an excellent book to read today on Good Friday. Moltmann argues that the theology of the cross (theologia […]

The Threefold Coming of Jesus Christ: Karl Barth on the Past, Present and Future Resurrection (November 16, 2018)

Many Christians believes that there will be a future general resurrection of all people at the end of time, and this event will be initiated by the "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ. Karl Barth argues that the future resurrection is not a second coming of Jesus, because there is only one coming […]

The resurrection is an unveiling of our lives from crib to grave – Karl Barth (April 7, 2018)

In Karl Barth's Faith of the Church, describes the future resurrection like an unveiling of an art exhibit. Barth compares our entire lives from birth to death to an art exhibit under a table cloth, such that the art exhibit is present to all, but its true form is unrecognizable […]

A Theology of Sleep: Karl Barth said human sleeping are little images of the great and only uprising of Christ in his resurrection (December 3, 2017)

I've been deathly ill and confined to my bed for the last week, so it's given me time to reflect upon sleep. Karl Barth described human sleeping as "little images of the great and only uprising of Christ in his resurrection." So, we may reflect upon the revelation of Jesus […]

The Resurrection Appearances: 4. The Third Day: A Theological Symbol or a Historical Date and Time? (October 2, 2017)

The Resurrection Appearances: A Seven Part Series Part 4. The Third Day: A Theological Symbol or a Historical Date and Time? If the resurrection of Jesus Christ was a historical fact, as Wolfhart Pannenberg contends, then there was a specific date and time when the resurrection happened. The New Testament provides two potential […]

The Resurrection Appearances: 1. The Argument for Historical Facticity (September 16, 2017)

The Resurrection Appearances: A Seven Part Series Part 1. The Argument For Historical Facticity Is the resurrection of Jesus Christ a historical fact? In a fascinating and illuminating section of Wolfhart's Pannenberg's Systematic Theology, Vol. 2, he critically examines the New Testament witness regarding the resurrection appearances of Jesus and the reports of the […]

Jürgen Moltmann on the Necessity of the Historical Resurrection (June 7, 2017)

In Jürgen Moltmann's Introduction to Christian Theology, he expresses the necessity of the resurrection of Jesus as an event of history. Moltmann believes that the resurrection gave birth to the Church, the Gospels, and the entire Christian faith. Moltmann does not believe that the Christian faith began with the Easter […]

The Extinction of Humanity: Karl Barth’s Eschatology (November 30, 2016)

Introduction We are not guaranteed that we will die. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15:52), the life of every human being in the world will be supernaturally concluded by the final coming of Jesus Christ. According to Karl Barth, this will be the final event in the […]