Karl Barth is often credited with starting a revival of the doctrine of the Trinity in systematic theology. This paragraph comprises his first robust account of that doctrine. Already Barth closely associates the doctrine of the Trinity with the possibility of revelation, as well as with specifying the subject of revelation—that is, identifying the God that Christians worship. As Barth puts it, “The content of revelation is God alone, wholly God, God himself” (Diktatsatz).

This is part 6 of a multi-part series. You can find the series index here. Click here for the blog post corresponding to this episode, and click here to access this content on YouTube.

I begin the audio recordings by reading Barth’s Diktatsatz, so I will begin reproducing that here as well. The bold is mine and indicates where I find emphasis:

The content of revelation is God alone, wholly God, God himself. But as God solely and wholly reveals himself, he makes himself know in the three persons of his one essence. He, the ternal Father, is the Lord at the beginning and end of the contradiction of our existence. He, the eternal Son of the Father, is the living Lord in the midst of our contradiction. He, the eternal Spirit of the Father and the Son, is and becomes our own Lord by proclaiming victory over the contradiction, addressing us as God’s children and servants, and giving us faith and obedience.

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I preached this sermon on August 11, 2024, at St. Charles Presbyterian Church in St. Charles, Missouri. You can watch a video recording of the whole service on SCPC's YouTube channel. 

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

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I preached this sermon on July 14, 2024, at St. Charles Presbyterian Church in St. Charles, Missouri. You can watch a video recording of the whole service on SCPC's YouTube channel. 

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

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This is the 5th and final part in a series of adult education (Sunday School) classes that I taught at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) in the early months of 2020. It provides a fairly thorough discussion of the Scots Confession's history and theology targeted (hopefully, effectively so) at the generally educated churchgoer. 

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

Join me for a conversation with Dr. Ash Cocksworth (Twitter, University of Roehampton) as we talk about our recently released co-edited volume, Karl Barth: Spiritual Writings, in the Paulist Press Classics of Western Spirituality series. We discuss how Ash and I got to know each other and came to work together on this volume, what our favorite things about the book are, who should read the book, how politics relates to spirituality, and much more. Marmite even comes up at one point and a brilliant bit of wordplay by yours truly falls totally flat. It was a fun conversation.

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

This is the third of what has been a three part series of adult spiritual formation / education (Sunday School) classes that I recently finished teaching at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA), here in March of 2022. The date for this particular recording was March 20, 2022. During this series, I lead discussion of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for these Sundays in Lent. Many thanks to my sisters and brothers who joined in the conversation. 

This Sunday's readings were:

• Isaiah 55:1-9

You can access these readings here.

We discussed things like:

• Spiritualizing vs eschatological / apocalyptic approaches to the Judeo-Christian tradition in these texts

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

This is the second of what should be a three part series of adult spiritual formation / education (Sunday School) classes that I'm currently teaching at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA), here in March of 2022. The date for this particular recording was March 13, 2022. During this series, I will be leading discussion of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for these Sundays in Lent. Many thanks to my sisters and brothers who joined in the conversation. 

This Sunday's readings were:

• Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

You can access these readings here.

We discussed things like:

• Abram / Abraham's 318 "trained men" and what he could possibly have to be afraid of

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

This is the first of what should be a three part series of adult spiritual formation / education (Sunday School) classes that I'm currently teaching at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA), here in March of 2022. The date for this particular recording was March 6, 2022. During this series, I will be leading discussion of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for these Sundays in Lent. Many thanks to my sisters and brothers who joined in the conversation. 

This Sunday's readings were:

• Deuteronomy 26:1-11

You can access these readings here.

We discussed things like:

• My complicated relationship to the liturgical year and lectionary

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

This is Part 4 in a series of adult education (Sunday School) classes that I taught at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) in the early months of 2020. It provides a fairly thorough discussion of the Scots Confession's history and theology targeted (hopefully, effectively so) at the generally educated churchgoer. 

This is Part 4 in a 5-part series. You can find the series index here. Click here for the blog post corresponding to this episode, and click here to access this content on YouTube.

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach. 

This content lived on Youtube behind a privacy wall for a couple of years, but now I've released it into the wild. If you want to enjoy the video version, just click here. I talk about the martyrdom of Polycarp, an interview I once saw on TV between Stephen Colbert and Ricky Gervais, and why Christians need to have well-developed atheist muscles.

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I write books. I run a blog. I have a YouTube channel. I teach.