Who's in charge?

Indeed, nothing else was possible; either human thought has power over God—and then God is no longer Lord, nor is He Creator; or God is Lord and Creator, and then human thought has no power over Him; then God can only communicate Himself and His Being as Creator by His own act, and man cannot reach this truth by his own thought, he can only accept it in faith. The Lord God, who alone creates the world by His Word, is also the Revealer, who alone imparts Himself to man through His Word.—Emil Brunner, The Christian Doctrine of Creation and Redemption, 12 (emphasis original)

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Classic Brunner. As I said, it's been a while since I read more than a snippet or two of Brunner at a time. I find him very thought-provoking; he always seems to get to the heart of the matter.

I'll be trying to post two quotations a day from the book. We'll see how that goes! But, I can't encourage you enough to grab a copy of all three volumes of Brunner's Dogmatics; Wipf & Stock brought them back into print around 2014; here's the link (I don't get any commission; I just think you should support independent publishers directly rather than supporting a billionaire).

Internet Archive also has a copy of volumes 1 and 2, but not 3. But, really, this kind of book is best read in hardcopy. You need to be fully focused on what you are reading and not distracted by the myriad of things on your screen(s).
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