Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Who said it?

"It is here that we come to know of what we are accused and guilty, what our trespass is and means. It consists in an alienation from God, a rebellion against him, which ought to be punished in a way that involves our total destruction, and which apart from our annihilation can be punished only by God himself taking our place, and in his Son taking to himself and bearing and suffering the punishment. This is what it costs God to be righteous without annihilating us. The opposition to him in which we find ourselves is so great that it can be overcome and rendered harmless to ourselves only by God, and indeed only by his entering himself into this opposition and bearing the pain of it."

Who said it?

8 Comments:

Blogger matthew said...

i don't know

mick jagger?

5/16/2007 04:24:00 AM  
Blogger theajthomas said...

I don't know either but I think it's beautiful.

5/16/2007 10:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So I will venture that it was Herr Professor Karl Barth, or, failing that, Eberhard Jungel.

5/16/2007 02:32:00 PM  
Blogger Paul said...

My guess is Boyd Brownlee. It's always who you least suspect.

5/16/2007 03:59:00 PM  
Blogger Kirk said...

I've got to go with George Hunsinger but he was probably just quoting Barth when he said it.

5/16/2007 11:58:00 PM  
Blogger Aaron Perry said...

The answer is Karl Barth CD II/1. But Kirk is right, as well, as I found the quote in an article by George Hunsinger.

5/17/2007 09:12:00 AM  
Blogger Kirk said...

Funny that's where I found it. Thanks for the call the other night and sorry I was out.

5/17/2007 06:56:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

AP - you continue to be one my all time favorite people!!

5/31/2007 12:54:00 PM  

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