Comments on: Brief Review: THE EARLY PREACHING OF KARL BARTH [Vol. 2, #46] http://erb.kingdomnow.org/brief-review-the-early-preaching-of-karl-barth-vol-2-46/ News and conversation on missional reading for church communities. The Podcast of the Englewood Review of Books http://www.englewoodreview.org/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:46:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carroll B. Merriman http://erb.kingdomnow.org/brief-review-the-early-preaching-of-karl-barth-vol-2-46/comment-page-1/#comment-8593 Carroll B. Merriman Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:26:09 +0000 http://erb.kingdomnow.org/?p=1084#comment-8593 Hi from Ireland, very good post, deserves a Digg. Hi from Ireland, very good post, deserves a Digg.

]]> By: Andy Rowell http://erb.kingdomnow.org/brief-review-the-early-preaching-of-karl-barth-vol-2-46/comment-page-1/#comment-6902 Andy Rowell Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:42 +0000 http://erb.kingdomnow.org/?p=1084#comment-6902 Thank you Bob for the fine review. I like Barth and Willimon. Bob, you are right to suspect Barth was not a great pastor. After Barth was rumored to have spoken up about a political issue "four of the six members of his church committee resigned" (Eberhard Busch, Karl Barth: His Life from Letters and Autobiographical Texts, 106). Then Barth was denied a pay raise--he had been working at almost the same salary for 7 years (107). Finally, it was increased but "with 99 dissenting votes" (107). He was considered for two other churches but they did not offer him a position (122-123). I'm fascinated by Willimon's current measurement of pastors' performance as a bishop--see his most recent podcast How Appointments Are Made Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/5824/ --and yet his writing the forward for Michael Horton's book Christless Christianity. I'm cheering Willimon on as he tries to be Barthian and a good bishop. Willimon also has another book Conversations With Barth on Preaching that I want to read. Thank you Bob for the fine review. I like Barth and Willimon.

Bob, you are right to suspect Barth was not a great pastor. After Barth was rumored to have spoken up about a political issue “four of the six members of his church committee resigned” (Eberhard Busch, Karl Barth: His Life from Letters and Autobiographical Texts, 106). Then Barth was denied a pay raise–he had been working at almost the same salary for 7 years (107). Finally, it was increased but “with 99 dissenting votes” (107). He was considered for two other churches but they did not offer him a position (122-123).

I’m fascinated by Willimon’s current measurement of pastors’ performance as a bishop–see his most recent podcast How Appointments Are Made
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/5824/ –and yet his writing the forward for Michael Horton’s book Christless Christianity. I’m cheering Willimon on as he tries to be Barthian and a good bishop.

Willimon also has another book Conversations With Barth on Preaching that I want to read.

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