Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God Quotes

“Does your theology stay true to the task of preaching Jesus so that He is the priority in all your speaking, acting, and leading, or do you prefer sermons that speak to human needs, interests, and inspiration?”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“The reason we can speak of God is because Jesus, as God, speaks to us and we hear.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“Any path to knowing God other than God’s self-revealing has a bait- and-switch agenda; it promises God but delivers human imitations.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“A sermon cannot be mere amusement for applause; it must be more like mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to revitalize the breath that gifts life to the human.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“The words of the Bible became maxims, axioms, and “truth-statements” separated from the living Word and the work of the Spirit. The Bible became a “paper pope” set against the pope in Rome. The Bible became an instrument of human power rather than the free and freeing Word of God, whose grace nurtures a spiritual life of relationship and communion.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“We believe a human is not a wild animal until they prove otherwise in the encounter.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“The Bible is a revelation to all humanity that Jesus comes to encounter and oppose the lostness of the human situation.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“That God’s Son is Jesus of Nazareth is the one christological thesis of the New Testament.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“The grace of God is known in His unhindered way of being for us and in our unconditional way of living in this freedom, which is His gift.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros

“The Spirit, then, is that element of revelation that makes Christ known to us. He does not give any other content in this knowing other than knowing this Jesus in our space and time.”
― Marty Folsom, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1---The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros