Heart issues

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”

With Darryl gone for one more week — I am wondering what he will think when he comes back.  What did he actually want me and mute to talk about?  I imagine he would want us to sharewhat we think is the heart of the matter for believers. Well, Richard @ Connexions.net takes up the cause and shares with us about the great Karl Barth – one of the most profound twentieth century Christian theologians.  Richard tells us a story that reminds us of what is most important.

Once, he [Barth] was giving an interview on an American radio station and was asked to summarise his faith. The interviewer expected a long and complicated answer, worthy of such a well-respected academic theologian. Instead, Barth answered simply,