It may perhaps surprise the church that its freedom lies in its commission. A slave to none as the slave to all.
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Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: Fifth Article
A separation of church and state is here proclaimed. But there is no call for a separation of religion and government. The Word of God speaks in Lordship over both.
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: Fourth Article
How many churches have lost their ability to grow into the mature man at the hands of a Führer who is in the incarnation of Christ's warning in Matthew 20?
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: Third Article
In pulling our Christian message out of the false forms of the world we finally make it suitable to be sent into the world as a representation of Jesus Christ "in the present as Lord."
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: Second Article
In what arenas of life is the Christian called to respond to the ethical instruction of Jesus Christ and His revelation in the Holy Scriptures? This article addresses these questions.
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: First Article
Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.
Commentary on the Barmen Declaration: Introduction
Though the attitude toward Barmen by the men who wrote it was almost immediately one of disappointment, it stands as a valuable piece of history. A flawed piece of history but nevertheless a forerunner in a confessional response to global violence.