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Monday, February 9, 2009
Quote
"Belief cannot argue with unbelief, it can only preach to it." -- Karl Barth
The quote struck me since it seems to tie together a couple various thought streams going through my head at the moment: (1) thinking about the apostle Paul because we're reading his letters in Matt Pozen's bible class and it is the Year of Paul and (2) in discussions with people on the relationship between faith and science, specifically school science curriculums and evolution [it is the Year of Darwin, 150th anniversery of the publication of Origin of Species].
It seems to me that argument and apologetics can only get one so far. Eventually someone has to come to that point where faith has to be there or not. Faith cannot be argued to but comes about only through preaching. Karl Barth was very much about the Word and the preaching of the Word and how Revelation is primary (he had little use for natural theology).
Hope that helps. It's more nebulous in my head at the moment. Quotes that catch my attention don't often come with explanations *L*
2 comments:
Matt, can you explain that further?
The quote struck me since it seems to tie together a couple various thought streams going through my head at the moment: (1) thinking about the apostle Paul because we're reading his letters in Matt Pozen's bible class and it is the Year of Paul and (2) in discussions with people on the relationship between faith and science, specifically school science curriculums and evolution [it is the Year of Darwin, 150th anniversery of the publication of Origin of Species].
It seems to me that argument and apologetics can only get one so far. Eventually someone has to come to that point where faith has to be there or not. Faith cannot be argued to but comes about only through preaching. Karl Barth was very much about the Word and the preaching of the Word and how Revelation is primary (he had little use for natural theology).
Hope that helps. It's more nebulous in my head at the moment. Quotes that catch my attention don't often come with explanations *L*
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