Prayer Without Study Would Be Empty. Study

Thus In This Oneness Jesus Christ Is The Mediator, The Reconciler, Between God And Man. Thus He Comes Forward To Man On Behalf Of God Calling For And Awakening Faith, Love And Hope, And To God On Behalf Of Man, Representing Man, Making Satisfaction And Interceding. Thus He Attests And Guarantees To God's Free Grace And At The Same Time Attests And Guarantees To God Man's Free Gratitude.

Jesus Does Not Give Recipes That Show The Way To God As Other Teachers Of Religion Do. He Is Himself The Way.

The Relation Of This God With This Man; The Relation Of This Man With This God--this Is The Only Theme Of The Bible And Of Philosophy.

Theology Is Not A Private Subject For Theologians Only. Nor Is It A Private Subject For Professors. Fortunately, There Have Always Been Pastors Who Have Understood More About Theology Than Most Professors. Nor Is Theology A Private Subject Of Study For Pastors. Fortunately, There Have Repeatedly Been Congregation Members, And Often Whole Congregations, Who Have Pursued Theology Energetically While Their Pastors Were Theological Infants Or Barbarians. Theology Is A Matter For The Church.

The Angels Laugh At Old Karl. They Laugh At Him Because He Tries To Grasp The Truth About God In A Book Of Dogmatics. They Laugh At The Fact That Volume Follows Volume, And Each Is Thicker Than The Previous Ones. As They Laugh, They Say To One Another, ‘look! Here He Comes Now With His Little Pushcart Full Of Volumes Of The Dogmatics!’—and They Laugh About The Persons Who Write So Much About Karl Barth Instead Of Writing About The Things He Is Trying To Write About. Truly, The Angels Laugh.