http://johnorr.me.uk/2009/11/12/i-like-barth/ Random mutterings and musings of mine - a work in progress Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://johnorr.me.uk/2009/11/12/i-like-barth/comment-page-1/#comment-4528 John Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:44:16 +0000 http://johnorr.me.uk/?p=560#comment-4528 <p>Excellent quote and one I can very much identify with. Anyone who knows me, knows I love an argument and if it's a theological one, so much the better. And I love systematic theology because of the way it has shaped and continues to shape my faith and approaches to scripture. But ultimately and often, I am more than happy to set it all aside and simply acknowledge that God is far bigger than any of our systems and that His grace and love is such that it is utterly inexplicable and all I (we) can do is stand back in awe - breathing in His sweet air.</p> Excellent quote and one I can very much identify with. Anyone who knows me, knows I love an argument and if it’s a theological one, so much the better. And I love systematic theology because of the way it has shaped and continues to shape my faith and approaches to scripture. But ultimately and often, I am more than happy to set it all aside and simply acknowledge that God is far bigger than any of our systems and that His grace and love is such that it is utterly inexplicable and all I (we) can do is stand back in awe – breathing in His sweet air.

]]> http://johnorr.me.uk/2009/11/12/i-like-barth/comment-page-1/#comment-4527 Danny Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:07 +0000 http://johnorr.me.uk/?p=560#comment-4527 I  liked studying Barth for all the reasons you mention here...  I didn't  always understand what he was saying or agree with his conclusions but that is the beauty of his theology... it allows you to engage and  to work out where his ideas are going ...or where you might take them in 2009. One of my favourite Barth quotes is this one: <strong><em> "A good theologian does not live in a house of ideas, principles and methods. He walks through all such buildings and always comes out into the fresh air again. He remains on the way"</em></strong> I  liked studying Barth for all the reasons you mention here…  I didn’t  always understand what he was saying or agree with his conclusions but that is the beauty of his theology… it allows you to engage and  to work out where his ideas are going …or where you might take them in 2009. One of my favourite Barth quotes is this one:

“A good theologian does not live in a house of ideas, principles and methods. He walks through all such buildings and always comes out into the fresh air again. He remains on the way”

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