CQOD: 11/11/06 -- Barth: the deceptive silence

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 11, 2006

Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397

Meditation:
    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
    -- John 1:17 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    People naturally do not shout it out, least of all into the ears of us ministers; but let us not be deceived by their silence. Blood and tears, deepest despair and highest hope, a passionate longing to lay hold of ... Him who overcomes the world because He is its Creator and Redeemer, its beginning and ending and lord—a passionate longing to have the word spoken, the word which promises grace in judgment, life in death, and the beyond in the here and now, God’s word—this it is that animates our church-goers.
    ... Karl Barth (1886-1968)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, we are hungry for Your word.

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