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A Short meditation

As a brief biographical reflection, the book that (in human terms) finally tipped me over into returning to the Christian faith from atheism was Robert Short’s The Bible According to Peanuts. Short is heavily influenced by Barth, though his book … Continue reading

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Universal and particular salvation

A book I’ve requested on inter-library loan (as for some reason neither Kent County Council nor the London Borough of Bromley were rushing to spend £55 on a copy): Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation: Restoring Particularity, by Tom Greggs. From … Continue reading

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Gunton on Barth on election

Reading Colin Gunton’s lecture on Karl Barth’s doctrine of election (from The Barth Lectures, pp.110ff.). He begins by arguing that election in the Bible is “to do with how God calls individuals and groups to perform a particular task or … Continue reading

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