God May Speak

SOURCE: Church Dogmatics Vol 1 by Karl Barth

KEYWORD:  Word, Sacrament, Communication, Grace, Ordinary, Means, 

QUOTE:

"If the question what God can do forces theology to be humble, the question what is commanded of us forces it to concrete obedience. God may speak to us through Russian Communism, a flute concerto, a blossoming shrub, or a dead dog. We do well to listen to Him if He really does. But, unless we regard ourselves as the prophets and founders of a new Church, we cannot say that we are commissioned to pass on what we have heard as independent proclamation."   --Karl Barth

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