Karl Barth, the great Swiss theologian, was one who saw clearly during the Nazi era. Like his colleague, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the world could not corrupt his faith. Asked years later by an American audience to summarize the gist of his enormous books on theology, the learned man charmed them by quoting from a Sunday school song: “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”
Let’s face it, the gospel is a very simple message. Sometimes I think we work against ourselves when we try and make it more complicated than it is. Let’s pray for simplicity and clarity as we share the mystery of Christ.
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