Neo-orthodoxy
243From Saul to Paul
31 Aug 2026
20:37¶ 62
“The neo-orthodox scholars would say, “No, this isn’t history. This is Saul trying to explain an upper-category experience with words that are doubtless failing…”
66History as Story
4 Apr 2021
12:17¶ 68
“That’s Gnosticism <ding!> and it’s neo-orthodoxy, Barthianism. It’s not Christianity, but there are a great many Christians who are caught in the same kind…”
12:50¶ 69
“We can point to the empty tomb, which may or may not have been empty, and that becomes a symbol of resurrection life in…”
15:09¶ 79
“There’s an answer to neo-orthodoxy in flat terms. Let’s not play games with God. God is describing history and he means it. We can’t…”
30Repairing the Timeline
26 Jul 2020
26:29¶ 100
“Yes, good Barthianism there, because that’s ultimately what we’re dealing with. This is neo orthodoxy. When I teach the varying interpretations of Genesis 1…”
27:08¶ 101
“One of my favorite bumper stickers is “God is too great to be contained in any one religion,” which simply is to say, “You…”
26:20¶ 99
“Of course, God is beyond time and beyond human language, so anything that we use to describe him is compromising his holy other-ness.”