Saw this quote from Karl Barth, father of "Neo-Orthodoxy". Thought it was interesting
"Theology is a peculiarly beautiful discipline. Indeed, we can confidently say that it is the most beautiful of all disciplines. To find academic study distasteful is the mark of the Philistine. It is an extreme form of Philistinism to find, or to be able to find, theology distasteful. The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field."
-- Karl Barth
What do you think?
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The rural congregations I've served believe theology to be nothing more than a $20 word for a $2 meaning, preferring instead "personal relationship". What they fail to get, and what I suppose we pastors fail to help them get, is that this is all that the study of theology is, a seeker's journey.
great quote!!!
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