Karl Barth, Dogmatics in Outline, Is Christianity ...
April 24th, 2009 | Amillennialism | No Comment
Karl Barth, theologian and scholar
fittingly wrote a latter chapter of
Dogmatics in Outline on the
“Coming of Jesus Christ the Judge.”
Karl Barth’s beliefs of Christ’s coming
as judge are futuristic. He however,
recognized the already but not yet
of eschatology.
Problems addressed in the book are the Christians view of time, which
he styles as “real time” versus God’s time.
Dogmatics in Outline Defined Pre-Parousia Time
In Karl Barth’s theology summary of present time, he saw Christ sitting at the right hand of God. This for him represented the present. As such, the event occurred in real time. From this he concluded and rightly so that eternity had broken into ...
Did Jesus See A World Without Marriage?
Did Jesus See A World Without Marriage?
Jesus spoke with religious rulers of his day about the end of a tradition in marriage. Did Jesus see a world without marriage? Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about whether the rights of marriage should be extended to the gay community.
After giving some thought about living in a world without traditional marriages, the following thoughts occurred to me. If there were no marriages, eventually, population numbers would significantly decrease. This would temporarily lower the unemployment rate.
However, with smaller populations, the world’s productivity will also cease, so we won’t be as efficient and productive. Next, ...
Pauline Eschatology, Apekdechomai and Preterism
October 15th, 2008 | apekdechomai | No Comment
In our first study, we examined Romans 8:19, in the context of
of the creation. The primary focus of the study is Paul's employ
of the terms apokaradokia and apekdechomai.
In this study, the focus moves more specifically to the subject
of the end. There can be no doubt that the resurrection and
the revealing of the sons of God are intertwined.
"Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for
the adoption, the redemption of our body." (Romans 8:23)
When I first began studying Romans 8 and eschatology, I
experienced a great deal of anxiety in ...
