Tag Archives: Karl Barth

Rethinking Systematic Theologies

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Rick Wadholm

Systematic theology has long been treated as the crown of theological inquiry among Evangelicals— but what if its universalist ambitions are precisely what untether it from the communities theology is meant to serve? Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Pentecostals Should Read Karl Barth

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Rick Wadholm

I offer this list not as in any sense comprehensive for why I contend Pentecostals should read Barth. Further, I can understand and appreciate those who have their emphatic reasons for why they might reject Barth or his writings (some … Continue reading →

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First Lecture on Barth?!?

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Rick Wadholm

It is hard to believe that with all of the courses I have taught over the years that I have yet to lecture on Karl Barth. Though nearly every position I have held as a professor (full faculty, lecturer, visiting … Continue reading →

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Book Recommendations for a Pastor in Training

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Rick Wadholm

The following is an email reply I sent to one of my students regarding recommendations for books as he prepares for a couple of years from now to enter full-time ministry. I thought others might benefit from this as well. … Continue reading →

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Misreading Bonhoeffer: A Response

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Rick Wadholm

I was recently alerted (via Facebook) to an article by Richard Weikart, “The Troubling Truth about Bonhoeffer’s Theology,” Christian Research Journal 35.6 (2012) which can be read HERE. It seems Weikart initially felt quite happy with Bonhoeffer while he thought … Continue reading →

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