Sigh
Deb - Google is your friend.
http://www.ukapologetics.net/karlbarth.html
Has Karl Barth Been Wrongly Condemned by Evangelicals?
COMMENTER KEN had it right.
"I think it is a little unfair to say of Karl Barth “No doubt the primary reason for the recent focus on Barth is because he fits squarely in the “Reformed” camp.”
I have heard and read lots of the modern day reformed Piper, MacArthur, Sproul, etc., etc. The only one of the modern day reformed I have heard quote him more than occasionally was Sproul. I don’t think you will find Sproul embracing him as reformed though. He was a respected scholar. But the reformed of today don’t claim him other than to quote him for his scholarship. That is my understanding anyway."
T.W.W. has its narrative - Conservative Evangelicals are evil. Deb tried, unsuccessfully, to tie Karl Barth's probable affair to the conservative Evangelicals; but it just doesn't cut the mustard. She was in over her head - she really doesn't know or understand conservative Evangelicals like she thinks she does.
I fully expect "Ken" to be banned in the near future. He doesn't seem to buy into the narrative.
Dissecting Wartburgwatch and I-Monk which presents themselves as blogs dissecting Christian trends but dissect, mostly, conservative Evangelicals who have an historic orthodox view of Scripture. Not a lot of happy commenters seen on those blogs.
It's almost amusing to see Barth setup as a Reformed hero, so the joy in flogging him is increased seven-fold. I know a little about Barth, and a lot about Reformed theology, and I'd never heard the two seriously connected. As my Dad says, "any port in the storm." Funny port, the "Reformed hero" Barth; makes it seem like a pretty silly storm.
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