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Professor of Theology and Undergraduate Chair @WheatonCollege || teacher, author, backpacker

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This week on the podcast-- Keith Johnson, Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, discusses his new book, Karl Barth and the Idolatry of the Nation: Confronting Christian Nationalism. The conversation explores many important principles and areas of discernment that can be retrieved from Barth's theological resistance to the cultural pressures upon the church in his day. pastortheologians.com/podcas…

Barth and Christian Nationalism | Keith Johnson

In this episode of the CPT Podcast, Joel talks with CPT Fellow Bobbie Schaeperkoetter about her journey of faith and ministry and her new book, With God Every Day: A Flexible Framework for Spiritual...

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When one begins to take the pious person so seriously as you wish to do—when one refuses to be “one-sided”—then in the end one arrives where the German church stands today. (2/5)
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In light of this strange falling-away of the church into nationalism we have experienced in Germany, I am sure you recoil and say: 'Thank God I am not a German Christian!' I reply: 'This is the end of your path. It begins with the “Christian life” and ends with heathenism. (3/5)
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I have started writing a bit on Substack. I plan to use it as an outlet for thinking theologically about this moment in history. keithljohnson.substack.com/
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"You know as well as I do that the Berlin opposition and the church opposition in Germany are on weak ground! And you should know that every honest man will have his hands full making this opposition sharp and clear and firm! . . .5/15
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"...Be glad you're not here in person, because otherwise I would attack you in a completely different way, demanding that you now drop all your interesting intellectual pretenses and appeals to special considerations and focus on the one thing that matters: 14/15
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"You are a German, and the house of your church is burning. You know enough, and you know how to say it well enough, to help. You must return to your post on the next ship! You belong in Berlin and not in London.” 15/15
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On November 20, 1933 Karl Barth wrote a long, strongly-worded letter to Dietrich Bonhoeffer about Bonhoeffer’s recent move from Berlin to London to assume a pastorate in a German-speaking congregation. 1/15
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“You were right not to seek my advice about it, because I would have advised you against it unconditionally and with the biggest weapons. And now that you are speaking to me about it, I cannot do any thing other than to call out to you: Get back to your post in Berlin!...4/15
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Barth’s response to Bonhoeffer was blunt and brutal. Some excerpts: 3/15
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Bonhoeffer had written Barth to explain why he left. He told Barth that the demands of the church situation in Nazi Germany had drained him emotionally and spiritually. He needed to “go out into the desert for awhile and just do some parish work, as undemanding as possible.” 2/15
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Bryan McGraw@bryantmcgraw17 May 2024
Everyone loves David Foster Wallace's famous commencement address. This one from Daniel Nayeri @WheatonCollege is better: youtube.com/watch?v=7a4bh2GP…
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