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Modern theology reveres the names of Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann
and Emil Brunner, hailed as the heroes of a new, modern and re-stated
Reformation theology - a new orthodoxy for a new age.
In this book, Iain D. Campbell focuses on one doctrine - the doctrine of sin -
and views it first in its biblical perspective, and then considers the
perspective of the Reformers and Puritans. He compares and contrasts their
approach with that of Barth, Bultmann and Brunner. He also shows how the modern
theologies have evacuated the Evangel of its power and saving influence by
reducing the sin of man to little more than personal dysfunction.
The Gospel is shown to be the power of God to salvation,
because there is an emphasis on sin as objective and factual, leaving people in
need of the saving work of Jesus Christ. The new orthodoxy is shown to be not a
re-statement of the Gospel, but, as Paul reminded his readers long ago, 'a
different gospel'. |
