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Keith Johnson @_kljohnson

Professor of Theology and Undergraduate Chair @WheatonCollege || teacher, author, backpacker

Joined June 2021
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When one begins to take the pious person so seriously as you wish to do—when one refuses to be “one-sided”—then in the end one arrives where the German church stands today. (2/5)
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In light of this strange falling-away of the church into nationalism we have experienced in Germany, I am sure you recoil and say: 'Thank God I am not a German Christian!' I reply: 'This is the end of your path. It begins with the “Christian life” and ends with heathenism. (3/5)
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Keith Johnson@_kljohnson
21 Feb 2025
My colleague Tim Larsen: "A day could come when the courage of Wheaton fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of Christian fellowship, but it is not this day. Wheaton College is still unabashedly standing for Christ and his kingdom." churchleaders.com/pastors/50…

Some Say It Thundered: The Lordship of Christ at Wheaton College

My simple plea is that you don’t just cherry-pick the evidence that fits a decline narrative, but take an honest look at what Wheaton as a whole is like today.

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Keith Johnson@_kljohnson
20 Feb 2025
I have started writing a bit on Substack. I plan to use it as an outlet for thinking theologically about this moment in history. keithljohnson.substack.com/
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"You know as well as I do that the Berlin opposition and the church opposition in Germany are on weak ground! And you should know that every honest man will have his hands full making this opposition sharp and clear and firm! . . .5/15
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"...Be glad you're not here in person, because otherwise I would attack you in a completely different way, demanding that you now drop all your interesting intellectual pretenses and appeals to special considerations and focus on the one thing that matters: 14/15
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"You are a German, and the house of your church is burning. You know enough, and you know how to say it well enough, to help. You must return to your post on the next ship! You belong in Berlin and not in London.” 15/15
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On November 20, 1933 Karl Barth wrote a long, strongly-worded letter to Dietrich Bonhoeffer about Bonhoeffer’s recent move from Berlin to London to assume a pastorate in a German-speaking congregation. 1/15
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“You were right not to seek my advice about it, because I would have advised you against it unconditionally and with the biggest weapons. And now that you are speaking to me about it, I cannot do any thing other than to call out to you: Get back to your post in Berlin!...4/15
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Keith Johnson@_kljohnson
7 Nov 2024
Barth’s response to Bonhoeffer was blunt and brutal. Some excerpts: 3/15
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Keith Johnson@_kljohnson
7 Nov 2024
Bonhoeffer had written Barth to explain why he left. He told Barth that the demands of the church situation in Nazi Germany had drained him emotionally and spiritually. He needed to “go out into the desert for awhile and just do some parish work, as undemanding as possible.” 2/15
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Bryan McGraw@bryantmcgraw
17 May 2024
Everyone loves David Foster Wallace's famous commencement address. This one from Daniel Nayeri @WheatonCollege is better: youtube.com/watch?v=7a4bh2GP…
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