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It's a story that takes various forms, but here's the one I like.

David Porter

In the 1960s the great theologian Karl Barth, at the end of his career, made a farewell tour of America where he was heard by huge audiences in the nation's leading universities. After one lecture, a student stood up and asked the world-famous theologian, 'Dr Barth, you have written a great deal on every aspect of theology and church history. Can you sum it all up in just a short sentence or two?'