More on KB

Just received these helpful additions to my earlier post on Barth from an interested reader:

Here are some things that would make my reasons-for-Barth list:

•  Barth is more than a sparring partner, he seemed to be deeply devoted to the church of Christ and its survival in the midst of intellectual and political assault in Europe, and thus can be a great example to pastor-theologians of our age (his submission to the church was criticized by Altizer).
•  He was an example of how to read one's enemies charitably and still work to destroy their errors (I'm thinking of Schleiermacher).
•  As wrong as he was, Barth shows us evangelicals the necessity of being connected to historic Christian orthodoxy for the purposes of exegesis, dogmatics and preaching.
•  His (in my mind) botching of the biblical account of the covenants, and how he connects it to his other positions, is helpful in navigating the current problems that churches are facing.