Posts Tagged "Barth quotes"

Managing Monday… with Karl Barth (take 4)

Posted by on Apr 25, 2016 in Blog | 1 comment

Our Managing Monday quotes in April have looked at some notable Karl Barth (1886-1968) quotes. Being our last week with Barth, I have thrown in a bonus quote – so four for our final Monday in April. “The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather it sets a question mark against all truths.” Karl Barth “Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.” Karl Barth “The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.” Karl Barth “The Christian Church does not exist...

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Managing Monday… with Karl Barth (take 3)

Posted by on Apr 18, 2016 in Blog | 0 comments

Our Managing Monday posts in April have been diving into some of the wisdom of Karl Barth (1886-1968), probably the most influential theologian of the 20th century. “The goal of human life is not death, but resurrection.” Karl Barth “Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.” Karl Barth “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” Karl Barth Hope your Monday is filled with gratitude…

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Managing Monday… with Karl Barth

Posted by on Apr 11, 2016 in Blog | 0 comments

We continue our Managing Monday insights with more quotes from the person usually rated as the greatest theologian of the 20th century, Karl Barth (1886-1968). “When we are at our wits end for an answer then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can he give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?” Karl Barth “In the church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.” Karl Barth “The theologian who labours without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of...

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Managing Monday… with Karl Barth

Posted by on Apr 4, 2016 in Blog | 1 comment

Ask who the greatest theologian of the 20th century was, and the consensus is likely to settle on Karl Barth (1886-1968). Over the next few weeks we ponder a few significant Barth quotes. Here are three to help manage this Monday… “Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is Himself the way.” Karl Barth “God has not revealed himself in any religion, including Christianity. He has revealed Himself in his Son. In Jesus Christ, God has spoken for himself, and we must hear that speech.” Karl Barth “To clasp the...

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