CT Classic: The Carl Henry that Might Have Been
"Carl Henry will be remembered as someone who, in a confusing age, held forth the solid middle of a faith that fortifies the whole human person against the fraying ends of irrationalism and superstition"
Kenneth S. Kantzer | posted 12/01/2003 12:00AM
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Carl's greatest success was in his lifelong battle to demonstrate the inner unity of a coherent world-and-life view to living meaningfully in a world falling apart. He taught, in fact, with great power that the only world-and-life view that can ultimately satisfy the human mind and heart is compatible with, and finds its only rationale in, biblical theism and evangelical Christianity.
I believe that 50 to 100 years from now, if our Lord has not yet returned to usher in his kingdom of righteousness and peace, Carl will be remembered as one person who, in a confusing age, held forth the solid middle of a faith that fortifies the whole human person against the fraying ends of irrationalism and superstition.
Once again, heartfelt thanks to God for his servant Carl Henry.
This article originally appeared in the April 5, 1993, issue of Christianity Today. Kantzer, editor of Christianity Today from 1978 to 1982, was then senior editor of the magazine. He died in 2002.
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Related Elsewhere
See also today's obituary of Henry.
Profiles of Henry are available online from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School's magazine, Boston University's Modern Western Theology site, and elsewhere.
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