Marginal Christianity

The Book of the Twelve for Lent 2016 The Great Triad - Micah           It’s hard to start anywhere else in Micah than 6:8 because it is familiar to many and captures the heart of Israel’s faith in a memorable fashion: “(God) has told you, O mortal, what is good;      and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness,      and to walk humbly with your God?”           I want to explore this passage today by three P’s I often use to describe Christian existence.           -priorities: our deepest convictions about God, life, and how we should live           -passions: the drives and energies to move us to act           -practices: what we do     ...

http://intotheexpectation.blogspot.com/2013/07/only-what-is-said-kindly-is-true.html Here are some evocative observations from Karl Barth in a letter to a man in Switzerland shortly before Barth’s death: Basel, 26 November 1968 You very kindly sent me your writing along with an accompanying letter. I thank you for this but also have to admit quite openly that I took no pleasure in reading it. As opposed to what you learned from the other side, I have to say that precisely “in essentials” I am not at one with you and that I do not expect this publication of yours to have any salutary effect. Why not? Because I do not detect in your work the slightest trace of what is called in holy scripture the peace of God that passes all understanding. You say many correct things. But what is correct is not always true. Only what is said kindly is true. You do not speak kindly in a single line. You utter a powerful No on all sides. It is indeed necessary to say No too. B...