Karl Barth on Holy Scripture’s Capacity for Error (July 24, 2019)

The Origin of the Dictation Theory of Inspiration In the Post-Reformation era, a century after the deaths of Martin Luther, John Calvin and the first and second generation reformers, the doctrine of inspiration of the Scriptures evolved into a dictation theory of inspiration, in which the biblical writers were the very […]

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Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Word of God in Threefold Form (August 20, 2018)

Updated: May 15th, 2019 Is the Bible the Word of God? Karl Barth answered No! because "the Bible is not in itself and as such God’s past revelation" [1] and that "we thus do the Bible poor and unwelcome honour if we equate it directly with this other, with revelation itself." […]

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Jesus and his disciples did not write any of the New Testament (feat. Karl Barth and Martin Luther) (July 5, 2018)

Karl Barth argues in the Church Dogmatics I/1 that the Bible is not the Word of God, but the Bible becomes the Word of God when it is preached by the Church. Karl Barth's theology of the threefold Word of God maintains this important distinction, because the Word of God […]

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