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# Heart issues
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200373heart-issues-html/
- Published: 2003-07-03T23:06:52.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:43:49.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

With Darryl gone for one more week — I am wondering what he will think when he comes back. What did he actually want me and [mute](http://contact26.com/muteTROUBADOUR.htm?ref=dashhouse.com) to talk about? I imagine he would want us to sharewhat we think is the heart of the matter for believers. Well, [Richard @ Connexions.net](http://www.theconnexion.net/greymatter/?ref=dashhouse.com) takes up the cause and shares with us about the great [Karl Barth](http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/2000/001/5.23.html?ref=dashhouse.com) – one of the most profound twentieth century Christian theologians. Richard tells us a story that reminds us of what is most important.

> Once, he \[Barth\] was giving an interview on an American radio station and was asked to summarise his faith. The interviewer expected a long and complicated answer, worthy of such a well-respected academic theologian. Instead, Barth answered simply,