Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Secularity of the Word (Barth, Summary of I/1, §5)

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Tim McGee

Invariably, then, faith is acknowledgment of our limit and acknowledgment of the mystery of God’s word, acknowledgment of the fact that our hearing is bound to God himself, who now leads us through form to content and now from content … Continue reading →

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Bonhoeffer and the Relative Importance of Life Together

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Tim McGee

I recently had a conversation with our priest about small groups in our church.  During the meeting, I made a brief remark that Bonhoeffer, in _Life Together_, begins his description of communal life by discounting the value of it.  I … Continue reading →

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