The Word (?) Of God
The great difference between Karl Barth's theology and the doctrine
of the Reformation is that Barth refuses to equate the Bible with the
Word of God. Behind the Church's proclamation and behind the Bible
there is a third form — the Word of God. Barth calls this, revelation. . . .
The Bible is the Word of God only momentarily, in some of its parts,
and only for some people. For other people it is not the Word of God. . . .
Under the circumstances it is difficult to see how the statement, "the
Bible is God's Word," can be true in any independent or objective sense.
To those who come in unbelief the Bible certainly does not become the
Word of God (because it is not accorded faith) and therefore it is not the
Word of God. ... It is clear that (for Barth) the identity of the Bible
with the Word of God is only momentary rather than permanent.
Gordon H. Clark
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