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Karl Barth

Playing the Percentages

Theologian David Fitch has a good post on the debate about Rob Bell’s new book I blame Rob Bell for this inflammatory mess (along with his publisher) because of the excessive bating and provoking all in an obvious attempt to attract attention to his book. This is no way to pastor I say. This is [...]

Karl Barth in 1962 Time Magazine

The article is here Barth has been variously damned as a heretic, a narrow-minded Biblicist, and an atheist in disguise—and praised as the most creative Protestant theologian since John Calvin.

Theological Debate as a Blood Sport

Jamie Arpin Ricci has some thoughts around the debate on Brian McLaren’s new book, A New Kind of Christianity.  I am going to quote a big chunk of it here but make sure you go to Jamie’s site and read the entire post. McLaren, who finds himself in a cultural context that is incredibly polarized [...]