Barth on God's communication options
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.
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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.
Ben Myers is also thinking about this quote.
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