On page 11, when discussing Christian's job to share the gospel, Barth writes "what as Christians do we really have to say?" This is a huge question that every new christian, hopeful missionary, or pastor asks them self at some point in their life. What do you really need to say in order to tell non-Christians about God's amazing gift for us, or about his love and mercy? By excepting Jesus as our savior we take on the awesome task to attempting to save the souls of the lost through the power of Christ, and on this job all of Christianity rests. Without the spreading of the gospel, or any religion for that matter, the belief would just die out.
Well, I may have it all wrong, but I think that Barth is trying to say that the way that we Christians need to fulfill out duty and spread the good news is through dogmatics. I also think he says that by using dogmatics you can see that Christianity isn't just some religion, but it has a true history and has proof to back it up. I always remembered my youth pastor saying that the number one way to get an atheist or someone like that to believe what you're saying about the Bible is true won't be to use the Bible, but to use history and science. If you throw out scripture to someone who doesn't believe the Bible in the first place, your words will mean nothings to them. However, if you give them facts, they will listen. I think that I am understanding this reading, but I'm still not sure . . . I 'm sorry I missed class on Tuesday!
-Susan Berner
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