God may speak to us through Russian communism or a flute concerto, a blossoming shrub or a dead dog. We shall do well to listen to Him if He really does so.
-Karl Barth, CD I/1 (trans. Thompson; Edinburgh: 1936), 60.
Barth goes on to point out that this divine freedom doesn't undermine the church's obligation to proclamation through preaching and sacraments.
I would have pointed this out in the post itself in order to avoid MPJ's prohibition on pure-quote posts, but I felt it might dilute the impact of this wonderful Barth-ism.
Barth goes on to point out that this divine freedom doesn't undermine the church's obligation to proclamation through preaching and sacraments.
ReplyDeleteI would have pointed this out in the post itself in order to avoid MPJ's prohibition on pure-quote posts, but I felt it might dilute the impact of this wonderful Barth-ism.
Ben Myers is also thinking about this quote.
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