It was Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, who introduced the importance of the NAME for Christian Theology: The Unutterable Name By Kornelis … Mehr
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Kornelis Heiko Miskotte about Narrative Theology in his „When the Gods are Silent“: „In our conviction the Bible is essentially a narrative, a story, which we must pass on by retelling it. And in this way it can come about that the story may ‚happen’—so to speak, in an ‚unbloody repetition’— to those who listen to us. Look!—this is the way God dealt with men back there; but because it is he, will he not also deal with you in the same way?“
It was Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, who first introduced the relevance of a narrative theology in his book „When the Gods … Mehr
Karl Barth, The Strange New World within the Bible from 1917: „There is a river in the Bible that carries us away, once we have entrusted our destiny to it—away from ourselves to the sea.“
Still a master piece: The Strange New World within the Bible[1] By Karl Barth We are to attempt to find … Mehr
Hans Joachim Iwand, On Christian Freedom: „Christian freedom is not a thing of which we may boast in relation to God, as has occurred in the modern world. Our relation to God does not mean freedom but rather, righteousness and grace.“
On Christian Freedom By Hans Joachim Iwand The conspicuous and special nature of Christian freedom consists in that it is … Mehr
Karl Barth, The Strange New World within the Bible (1917): „There is a river in the Bible that carries us away, once we have entrusted our destiny to it—away from ourselves to the sea.“
The Strange New World within the Bible[1] By Karl Barth We are to attempt to find an answer to the … Mehr
Martin Niemoller’s Easter Sermon 1945 delivered in Dachau Concentration Camp: „The spring outside and everything that is still beautiful and alive in this world of death becomes for us, who know the Risen One, an allegory indicating that our Lord is alive and that because of him we have a glad and living hope.“
Sermon on John 20:11-18 The following sermon was preached on Easter Monday, April 2nd, 1945 by Martin Niemoller, while he … Mehr
Eduard Thurneysen: „Jesus Is Victor!“ An Easter Sermon on Ephesisans 2:1-2.4-6
And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, wherein ye once walked according … Mehr
Martin Niemoeller’s sermon on Christmas Eve 1944 delivered in Dachau Concentration Camp: „No no man is so forsaken and homeless in this world that God does not seek him, in the midst of our human distress“
Sermon on Christmas Eve 1944 The following sermon was preached on December 24th, 1944 by Martin Niemöller while he was … Mehr
Abraham Joshua Heschel – God in Search of Man: „The Bible is the perpetual motion of the spirit, an ocean of meaning, its waves beating against man’s abrupt and steep shortcomings, its echo reaching into the blind alleys of his wrestling with despair“
In his Book God in Search of Man. A Philosophy of Judaism (1955), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) lauds the Bible … Mehr