Category Archives: Theology

“Nevertheless Yes”, not “Therefore No”

Posted on 9 September 2007 by

A couple of quotations from Barth’s Church Dogmatics Vol II/2, as cited in Robert L. Short’s Parables of Peanuts: Christianity is a proclamation of joy. It is not a mixed message of joy and terror, salvation and damnation … It … Continue reading →

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Barth on the possibility of universal salvation

Posted on 1 September 2007 by

From a 1962 TIME cover story about Karl Barth: One orthodox dogma that Barth has tried to set aright—much to the dismay of other theologians in the Reformed Church —is the best-known and gloomiest of Calvinist tenets: predestination. In his … Continue reading →

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Michael Spencer on hell

Posted on 29 August 2007 by

Coffee Cup Conversations episodes 15, 16, 17 and 18.

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Barth and Brunner on universalism

Posted on 29 August 2007 by

Richard Bauckham: Universalism: a historical survey. On the exegetical case for universalism, esp. arguments that the relevant NT texts teach only a temporary punishment: In this century, however, exegesis has turned decisively against the universalist case. Few would now doubt … Continue reading →

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