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The Great Promise gives a powerful exegesis of the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke which tells the story of the Advent—focusing on the birth of John the Baptist in preparation for the birth of Christ. It consists of four stenographically recorded biblical lectures which Karl Barth gave to his theology students during Advent in 1934, after his lectures at the University of Bonn had been...

We are now in the midst of the Advent’s message, directly at the point where afterwards only one more word can be spoken: the Christmas message itself. To the Advent’s story belongs also the story of an Abraham, a Moses, a David. Indeed, to it belongs the whole story of the people of Israel guided within the Covenant which God has concluded between Himself and this people under the grace which he has bestowed upon them. John the Baptist is the last in the line of
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