...The cry of revolt against such a god [a god which just affirms the world as it is] is nearer the truth than is the sophistry with which men attempt to justify him....
Karl BarthLaughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Karl BarthTo clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.
Karl BarthThe 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 BarthIt may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
Karl BarthFor if God Himself became man, this man, what else can this mean but that He declared himself guilty of the contradiction against Himself
Karl BarthJesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is Himself the way
Karl BarthIn the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.
Karl BarthTags: theology
A free theologian works in communication with other theologians...He waits for them and asks them to wait for him. Our sadly lacking yet indispensable theological co-operation depends directly or indirectly on whether or not we are wiling to wait for one another, perhaps lamenting, yet smiling with tears in our eyes.
Karl BarthThis much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.
Karl BarthTags: theology universalism
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