The Wrath of God? Karl Barth said “In the name of God! We know not what we should say to this.” (November 21, 2017)

What does Karl Barth say about the wrath of God? The phrase "wrath of God" appears a handful of times in the bible, and perhaps the most famous occurrence is in Romans 1:18: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the […]

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The Romans commentary by the Red Pastor of Safenwil: Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans (October 3, 2017)

Karl Barth was in his early thirties and a country pastor in Safenwil, Switzerland when he wrote the first edition of his landmark commentary The Epistle to the Romans (Der Romerbrief, 1919). Barth did not have any advanced theological degrees when he wrote Romans, and he wrote it while ministering to blue collar […]

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Karl Barth’s Argument Against Afterlife (October 8, 2015)

Does Karl Barth believe in an afterlife? Barth answers Nein! Barth says that believing in an afterlife is "pursuing pagan dreams of good times after death" and that the New Testament teaches that time comes to an end on the last day at the "final trump", when "time shall be no more." Karl Barth's argument […]

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