Comments on: Van Til, Barth and Liberalism

By: Jim Cassidy

Jim Cassidy — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:54:02 +0000

In reply to John Stebbe. John, Two years later now, and I would say that Barth does affirm that some biblical events do happen in time and space. Certainly that seems to be the case for the crucifixion. However, how the resurrection relates to history is at best ambiguous. It is, he says, the "beyond," an event which occurs in the midst of our time yet is not of our time. What that means exactly, I do not know. But he disagrees with Bultmann's radical rejection of miraculous events.

By: Benjamin P. Glaser

Benjamin P. Glaser — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 03:46:02 +0000

Very good listen.

By: Revelation and History: Cornelius Van Til’s Critique of Karl Barth « Out of Bounds

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:03 +0000

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By: Michael McShurley

Michael McShurley — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:36:31 +0000

A book from Eerdmans, Karl Barth and Evangelicalism, edited by Bruce McCormack, has three articles on Van Til’s critique of Barth. The Eerdmans site says it is in stock; Amazon gives a Sept. 5, 2011, release. The price at Amazon is lower.

By: John Stebbe

John Stebbe — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:49:30 +0000

Very stimulating program. A question from a layman: tell me if I am summarizing Barth’s unorthodoxy correctly.
1) Jesus’ humanity is eternal, as opposed to the Incarnation beginning at a certain time.
2) Barth is not concerned with whether or not Biblical events really happened in time and space.
3) Not only is Jesus God, but God is Jesus.

So even though Barth claims to be Reformed, these issues disqualify him from being Reformed, and even from being Christian at all. Is that going too far?

And if I am understanding these issues correctly, does Jim’s forthcoming article document where one can go in Barth’s writings to read Barth’s own words describing his problematic views?

By: Jim Cassidy

Jim Cassidy — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:44:21 +0000

Hi Ian,

Thanks for your interest. The article is forthcoming in a book. Details to come! Check in with me again in a few months. Once the book’s release is announced I will gladly give details.

Blessings!

By: Ian Clary

Ian Clary — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:36:39 +0000

Hey guys,

Great discussion. Jim mentioned that he was working on this for an article. Where might one find it?

Fraternally,
Ian

By: Barth and the ‘New Calvinism’ « After Existentialism, Light

Barth and the ‘New Calvinism’ « After Existentialism, Light — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:17:52 +0000

[…] treated with far more suspicion and often as a danger to theological thinking (e.g., listen to this broadcast of the Reformed Forum or read Gregory Beale’s The Erosion of Inerrancy — Beale left […]